GOP
pronunciation
How to pronounce GOP in British English:
UK [ˌdʒi: əʊ ˈpi:]
How to pronounce GOP in American English:
US [oʊ]
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- Noun:
- the younger of two major political parties in the United States; GOP is an acronym for grand old party
Word Origin
- GOP
- also G.O.P., "U.S. Republican Party," 1884, an abbreviation of Grand Old Party. The Republicans were so called from 1876; the Democratic Party also was referred to occasionally as grand old party, with lower-case letters, in 1870s-80s when the Republicans (formed in 1854) still were considered new and radical. The designation grand old ______ is from about 1850; in Great Britain, Lord Palmerston was known as the Grand Old Man by 1880, and it was abbreviated to G.O.M. by 1882.
Example
- 1. All the gop must do is buy better software .
- 2. Gop presidential candidate newt gingrich wants to fire him .
- 3. But even this isn 't enough for the texas gop .
- 4. Even obama is secretly working with the gop , will never touch his super rich donors .
- 5. Gop nominee mitt romney has accused the obama administration of not getting tough on chinese trade cheating .