different between deop vs oper

English

Etymology

de- +? op

Verb

deop (third-person singular simple present deops, present participle deopping, simple past and past participle deopped)

1. (transitive, Internet) To demote (an IRC operator) from operator status.
   • 1999, "Cory McWilliams", IRC Oddities (on newsgroup alt.irc)

     True, better clients will remember that a person had a voice before they were opped and will return the + when they are deopped, but that doesn't solve the problem. Suppose someone joins the room after the user is opped and before the user is deopped.

Anagrams

• depo, dope, op-ed, oped, p.o.'ed, p.o.ed, pedo, pedo-, pode, poed

Middle English

Adjective

deop

1. Alternative form of depe

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *deup.

Cognate with Old Frisian di?p, Old Saxon diop, Old High German tiof, Old Norse djúpr, Gothic ???????????????????? (diups).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de?o?p/

Adjective

d?op

1. deep

Declension

Antonyms

• s?eald
• und?op

Derived terms

• d?opl??
• d?opl??e
• d?opnes

Descendants

• Middle English: depe, deep, deepe, deop, dep, deope
  • English: deep
  • Scots: depe, deep, deip

English

Etymology

Short for operator.

Noun

oper (plural opers)

1. (Internet) A network operator on IRC.
   • 2000, Howard Rheingold, The virtual community: homesteading on the electronic frontier (issue 28, page 187)

     Chanops can kick people off a channel; opers can ban people logging in from specific Internet sites from participating in IRC.

Synonyms

• IRCop

Related terms

• chanop
• op
• deop
• reop

Anagrams

• Pero, pore, reop, repo, rope

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?op?r]

Noun

oper

1. genitive plural of opera