Entry · catalog no. 8581
opp
/ /ɑp/ /AHP
noun · Chicago, Illinois · 2010s
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1.
A rival or enemy; in drill music, someone belonging to an opposing crew.
“He's rapping about his opps again.”
2.
In casual online use, anyone one is at odds with or opposed to, often jokingly.
“Group chat opp strikes again.”
Origin & Attribution
A clipping of 'opposition' ('opps' for opposition), it comes out of Chicago drill rap. As reported by Know Your Meme, an early documented use is in Chief Keef's 'John Madden' (YouTube upload of 30 October 2011), followed by Lil Reese's 'Us' (2012). Use stayed largely within drill until around 2016, then spread through national rap and viral social media in the late 2010s and 2020s, where it is often detached from its origin in Chicago's Black youth and drill scene and used as general internet slang.
2011
Chief Keef, 'John Madden', an early documented use
2018
Wider rap and social media adoption
Region of origin
West
Midwest
N.East
South
The Midwest
Chicago, Illinois · 2010s
Spoken by
Black youth in Chicago and drill artists and audiences, now broadly
$OPPThe Record · cultural traction
▲ Steady7 yrs
ahead of the mainstream
80/100
peak cultural energy
Introduced to English by the culture — logged here before the mainstream caught on.
Cultural usage — the recordMainstream search interest
First used
2011
in the culture
Mainstream crossover
2018
search interest spikes
Cultural energy indexed from documented usage, search interest, and citation frequency. The recorded date is the archive’s permanent point of record.
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Citations & Sources
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+ Cite a sourceKnow Your Meme, 'Opp / Opps' (accessed Oct 2026): Chief Keef, 'John Madden' (YouTube, 30 Oct 2011); Lil Reese, 'Us' (2012)
2011
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