Ask HN: What are OP and GP?

5 pointsdaveloyall4 comments

OP = original post or original poster http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OP

GP = grand parent, i.e. the post that the post-your're-replying-to was replying to

These rules hold across many many web forums.

Thank you.

Is there a list of these concepts somewhere?

...I've had a little trouble searching for said list.

Nevermind. I found myself wishing for Altavista then I remembered that I recently promised myself to give DDG a try: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=OP+AND+GP+AND+%28%28ORIGINAL+POST%...

That's sufficient.

I confess: I know that OP is original poster.

OP meant operator in the IRC world. That's what I thought it meant in forums until a few years back.