Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of or being a newspaper page, usually opposite the editorial page, that features signed articles expressing personal viewpoints.
Wiktionary
- n. A newspaper page containing signed articles by commentators expressing viewpoints that may not agree with those espoused by the editorial board, traditionally printed opposite the editorial page.
- adj. Of or being a newspaper page, usually opposite the editorial page, that features signed articles expressing personal viewpoints.
- adj. Of an article, written in a style suitable for publication as an op-ed.
- adj. Of a person, regularly expressing viewpoints by means of op-eds.
Etymologies
- Abbreviation for “opposite the editorial” (often incorrectly thought to be abbreviation for opinion/editorial). (Wiktionary)
- op(posite) + ed(itorial). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Anderson was referring to an op-ed piece the corps was preparing to counter an story that had run in the St. Louis Post-Dispach.”
USA Today: Army Corps battles perceptions in Missouri River flood
“I am going to piggyback on the WSJ debacle, namely the op-ed signed by 16 scientists stating there was "no need to panic over global warming", and the response letter signed by climate scientists, which states that the op-ed was the "climate-science equivalent of dentists practicing cardiology" -- since there were various non-climate scientists among the signatories.”
The Huffington Post: Astrid Caldas: Whatever Happened to "We Agree to Disagree"?
“The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, in his Roll Call op-ed "President Is Ignoring Immigration Laws," Feb. 6, argues that a policy of deporting serious criminals instead of parents, military families and students attending college is bad for the country.”
The Huffington Post: Rep. Luis Gutierrez: In the Debate on Immigration, Deportation Must Be Sensible
“A cheap-shot picture of grandma being thrown off a cliff by an evil Republican is worth at least a 1,000-word op-ed regarding $38 trillion in Medicare liabilities, a future funding crisis and the benefits of true marketplace competition in health care.”
The Wall Street Journal: GOP Must Better Communicate Its Medicare Plans
“They also oversimplified, though given the constraints of penning an op-ed, that is not easily avoidable.”
“Suddenly, in mid-December the White House forced the CIA to heavily censor a thousand-word op-ed planned for the New York Times on U.S. policy toward Iran.”
“The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, in his Roll Call op-ed”
“Libby, the government proffered a copy of the July 6 op-ed annotated shortly after its publication in the handwriting of Vice President Dick Cheney.”
Simon & Schuster: The Conservative Assault on the Constitution
“In his op-ed, and in interviews with print reporters and on television, Wilson explained what he had found on his trip.”
Simon & Schuster: The Conservative Assault on the Constitution
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Issues, Risk & Crisis Communication
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Tweets
Looking for tweets for op-ed.
yarb Same delusion here, too. But I think it's an understandable and justified delusion, and will continue to labour under it. Aug 15, 2008
kewpid rolig, I was under the same delusion :| Thanks for clarifying! Aug 15, 2008
rolig I always thought that this meant "opinion and editorial", but then a note on Bill Walsh's Blogslot to the effect that most people don't know what the "op" really means led me to look it up. It turns out that "op-ed" means "opposite the editorial page." As someone who worked in newspapers for the better part of the 1990s, I am rather chagrined. Aug 15, 2008