A fork of Rural Dictionary
(noun) -An interjection of surprise after an unexpected event occured. It can be for either bad or good connotation depending on the situation.
You and a friend are fighting over an ice cream cone and it slips out of your hands and lands on your dogs head, so you and your friend look at each other and say, "Ope!"
A person on the opposing end. Lame, wack, fake, fraudulent. The opposition
I knew ole boy was an Op as soon as he opened his mouth!
Ope is the Midwestern way of acknowledging another person or thing that they have encountered.
Ope! Sorry I bumped into you Jim. Ope, there's my wallet. Ope! I missed my bus!
The opposition, opponent, the opposing party; in short, the enemy.
Don't trust her, she hangs out with the ops.
It's a Midwest thing. When someone cuts in front of you rudely, when you are surprised, when you bump into someone, or when something is offensively funny, you use the word ope.
Boss: You're getting a promotion You: Ope, really? Thank you so much *bumbs into someone at the mall* You: Ope sorry my bad