yop

Y4O1P3
UK/jɒp/US/jɑp/

noun

A person employed under the Youth Opportunities Programme in Britain in the 1980s.

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Meanings

yop1

nounyop (plural yops)

plural yops

  1. A person employed under the Youth Opportunities Programme in Britain in the 1980s.

    Synonyms: yopper

yop2

interjection
  1. colloquialinformalYes; affirmative.

    Synonyms: See Thesaurus:yay, See Thesaurus:wow

yop3

nounyop (plural yops)

plural yops

  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Yersinia outer protein.

YOP4

proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Youth Opportunities Programme, a British youth employment programme of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Introduced by the Callaghan government but popularly associated with Thatcherism. Replaced by the YTS.
nounYOP (plural YOPs)

plural YOPs

  1. UKslangA person employed under the Youth Opportunities Programme.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA person employed under the Youth Opportunities Programme in Britain in the 1980s.

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yopper

interjectionYes; affirmative.

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See Thesaurus:yaySee Thesaurus:wow

Origin

From YOP.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with yop

shopstopdropophopcropswapcoppropgopfloplobchopoppmopatopnonstopnopscopdoplopplopkopswop
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Anagrams

poyPYO
Cite this entry
APA

yop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yop

MLA

“yop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yop. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yop,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yop.

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