deop
verbEtymology From de- + op.
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Internet To demote (an IRC operator) from operator status.
- True, better clients will remember that a person had a voice before they were opped and will return the + when they are deopped, but that doesn't solve the problem. Suppose someone joins the room after the user is opped and before the user is deopped.1999, Cory McWilliams, “IRC Oddities”, in alt.irc (Usenet):