Oppular
Inflections plural oppulars
A person who is at once widely liked or socially prominent and, beneath that standing, an opponent or adversary; a popular figure who is secretly or simultaneously one's opp.
One whose popularity is itself the source of, or cover for, the rivalry; a celebrated rival.
“She isn't just well known around here; she's an oppular, beloved by everyone and against me in everything.”
— Professor Sendy
Enjoying broad popularity while functioning as an opp; admired and adversarial at the same time.
“Watch out for the oppular ones at the party; everybody loves them and they're still your opp.”
— Professor Sendy
Inflections also as prefix opp-
A bound element, from OPP (enemy, rival), interpolated into a familiar word so that the resulting term names a person of that relation who is also an opponent; used by Sendy to generate an open-ended family of coinages.
“Even your professor can be a proppfessor, and your twin flame a twin flopp.”
— Professor Sendy
Word History
The Combo
opp popular Oppular
wombo of OPP (slang clipping of OPPONENT or OPPOSITION, denoting an enemy, rival, or adversary) and POPULAR. The first syllable of POPULAR is supplanted by OPP, fusing the notion of widespread renown with that of antagonism. Coined by Professor Sendy (2026) as one entry in a rapid-fire series demonstrating the productivity of the root element -OPP-, in which OPP is interpolated into a host word so that the word both names and contains an adversary. Compare the companion coinages BROPP (bro + opp), SIOPP (sis + opp), OPPLEGANGER (opp + doppelganger), BABY BOPP (baby boo + opp), TWOPP (twin + opp), OPPICER (officer + opp), PROPPFESSOR (professor + opp), FROPP (friend + opp), and TWIN FLOPP (twin flame + opp).
First Known Use 2026
Coinage credited to Professor Sendy.
Attested in the source utterance, @ProfessorSendy ↗
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