you would not believe how quickly the ope insinuates itself into your lexicon. after eight years in minnesota i ope constantly, i ope with abandon, i ope about every minor mishap in my day to day life - ThreadSky

biketrouble.bsky.social • 32 days ago

you would not believe how quickly the ope insinuates itself into your lexicon. after eight years in minnesota i ope constantly, i ope with abandon, i ope about every minor mishap in my day to day life

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ele-alepou.bsky.social•32 days ago

Mx. Em's Ope-us

biketrouble.bsky.social•32 days ago

HAHAHA omg

bobcatmoran.bsky.social•31 days ago

I actually heard the phrase, "Ope, just gonna scootch past ya" come out of my mouth earlier today.

jumbanho.bsky.social•32 days ago

I never knew ope was a Minnesota thing until I moved back after 30 years away. I oped blissfully unaware that no one else was.

aaronblackshear.bsky.social•31 days ago

I'm gonna ope and I'm gonna scoot past you that's just the way things are

benbusb.us•31 days ago

the ope, it comes for us all

max1mil.bsky.social•31 days ago

This is my dedicated state fair shirt.

biketrouble.bsky.social•31 days ago

i have the crew neck!!

max1mil.bsky.social•31 days ago

hell yeah

bornwithatail.bsky.social•31 days ago

Max, that is an incredible shirt

lizzymatheson.bsky.social•31 days ago

My speech adapted to the Bay Area hella fast

terraramoth.bsky.social•31 days ago

I still say Dude with every other sentence. lol

pushkin17.bsky.social•31 days ago

This is me after 7 years in Chicago.

sinclairlewis.bsky.social•32 days ago

can ya’ scooch?

meesefeathers.bsky.social•31 days ago

Now, what about the “oofdah”? (Asking as a southern girl)

crow.omg.lol•31 days ago

It's in my idiolect and I have never even been anywhere near Minnesota. I have no idea where I got that or 'I'm gonna sneak past you'.

mamahoffner.bsky.social•31 days ago

Must be a Midwestern transference thing. I say all of that and I've never been to Minnesota, either. I'm from northern Indiana

crow.omg.lol•31 days ago

Grew up in Boston and now live in Denver. I don't even think I *know* anyone who's from up that way. It's insidious!

edukait.bsky.social•31 days ago

I’ve been out of Wisconsin for 15 years and still Ope with reckless abandon.

ophelia4now.bsky.social•31 days ago

ope, excuse me

stevequick.bsky.social•32 days ago

Well, there you go then

shawnmpls.bsky.social•31 days ago

It starts with making fun of your co-workers, then innocently progresses to using it ironically, then one day it just sorta slips out (wtf did I just say?), and then, ope!, you’re consciously typing it out in emails and your assimilation is complete.

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