Ohio | Slang meaning for strange, weird, cringe, and dumb. | "What you are doing is so Ohio." | from Ohio (e.g., "that guy is acting so from Ohio.") | Originally referred to the U.S. State of Ohio. It gained widespread popularity in 2020 as a meme that humorously labelled Ohio as a weird place where only bizarre and random things happened. |
OK Boomer | Pejorative directed toward members of the "Baby Boomer" generation, used to dismiss or mock attitudes typically associated with baby boomers as out of date. | "You think climate change doesn't exist? OK Boomer." | Okay Boomer | First recorded use dates back to January 29, 2009, comment on Reddit and appeared in 4chan in 2015. Gained widespread popularity in response to a 2019 rant by an unidentified man on TikTok, where he criticized younger generations. |
Oomf | One of My Followers. | "OOMF liked that post.""Me and my oomfies all follow her." | Oomfie | Abbreviation |
Oof | Used to express discomfort, surprise, dismay, or sympathy for someone else's pain. | "I oofed that math test.""Oof! I can't believe he survived that fall." | To oof,
oofed | The sound "oof" has been used when a player dies in video games since the early 2000s. It gained popularity from Roblox when characters would make the sound when dying or respawning. |
Opp | Short for opposition or enemies; describes an individual's opponents. A secondary, older definition has the term be short for "other peoples' pussy." | "I have to be careful, my opps are over there." | Opps, Op, Oppa | Originated from street and gang culture. Dexerto claims that the primary definition stems from the secondary one, which was derived from a 1991 Naughty by Nature song titled "O.P.P." The initialism was derived from the acronym "OPM," which was used in the neighborhood the group grew up in and stood for "other people's money." An example of the term being used in popular culture is also in the Gangsta Rap scene, with YBN Nahmir and his song "Opp Stoppa". Dictionary.com implies that the origins for the two meanings had little to do with each other. |
Out of pocket | To be crazy, wild, or extreme, sometimes to an extent which is considered too far. | "That comment was out of pocket." | Outta pocket | Thought to originate in African-American vernacular in the 1940s as a piece of jargon related to playing pool. Being "out of pocket" was not desirable, because a shot that goes out of the pocket means that the offending player loses their next turn. |
Owned | Used to refer to defeat in a video game, or domination of an opposition. Also less commonly used to describe defeat in sports. | "Get owned noob!" | Get owned, own3d, 0wn3d, pwned, pwnt, POWER OWNED, pooned | Originated in the 1990s as a terms used to describe hackers gaining administrative control over another person's computer. |