GOP

See also: gop, Gòp, and góp

English

Etymology 1

Initialism of Grand Old Party, a nickname for the Republican Party, in use by 1884.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌdʒi oʊ ˈpi/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Proper noun

GOP

1. (US politics) The Republican Party, one of the two major political parties in the United States.
   • 2005, Jesse Helms, “Ronald Reagan, 1976”, in Here's Where I Stand: A Memoir‎^[1], New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 103:

     On their behalf, Reagan insisted (over the objections of the Ford forces) that the GOP platform declare that henceforth “the goal of Republican foreign policy is the achievement of liberty under law and a just and lasting peace in the world.”

   • 2025 March 8, Sarah Ferris, “Speaker Johnson unveils bill to fund the government through September 30”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     House GOP leaders believe the plan is on track to pass the chamber, arguing that Trump’s backing will help them win robust support among House Republicans on the floor this week, even as many ultraconservatives typically loathe such stopgap measures.

Usage notes

• GOP is often used attributively, as in "GOP members", "GOP senator", and so on.

Derived terms

• GQP

Etymology 2

Acronym of group of pictures, a collection of successive pictures within a coded video stream.

Noun

GOP (plural GOPs)

1. (signal processing, video compression) Acronym of group of pictures.

Derived terms

• closed GOP
• open GOP

Anagrams

• GPO, PGO, POG, pog