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Definition of photo op
photo op
- "Photo op" is short for photo opportunity. It's a staged or planned moment specifically designed for photographers (and now cameras/video) to capture a good image, usually for media, publicity, or political purposes.
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Last edited on Nov 10 2025. Submitted by Anonymous on Nov 09 2025.
noun
- "photo opportunity".
Citation from "Celebrities Photobombing And Being Photobombed: The Funniest Examples (PHOTOS)", The Huffington Post, Erin Clements, March 27 2013 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: camera, cameras, photography (related to).
Last edited on Mar 29 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'camera, cameras, photography (related to)': | |
| Definitions include: a selfie (i.e. photo of a person taken by that person) of a person's buttocks. | |
| Definitions include: photograph--used as noun or verb, as in "isn't this a great phot of her" or "I am going to phot that building" | |
| Definitions include: a pornographic photograph graphically displaying the "beaver" (i.e. external female genitalia.) | |
| Definitions include: "picture." | |
| Definitions include: a photography enthusiast. | |
| Definitions include: a sexual or pornographic image. | |
| Definitions include: a photograph of ((a printed out photograph of a person) that a male has ejaculated upon). | |
| Definitions include: to stare at a person in an aggressive way. | |
| Definitions include: a photograph of snow. | |
| Definitions include: a picture of a person taken by themselves. | |
| Definitions include: "photographer". | |
| Definitions include: a picture with one or more naked people in it. | |
| Definitions include: "camera". | |
| Definitions include: "pornography". | |
| Definitions include: to insert one's self uninvited into a photograph being taken. | |
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| Definitions include: a person who will offend anyone regardless of their race, gender, sexual orientation, political leanings, etc. while claiming to not harbor any hatred towards those offended others. | |
Other terms relating to 'photograph': | |
| Definitions include: photograph--used as noun or verb, as in "isn't this a great phot of her" or "I am going to phot that building" | |
| Definitions include: to insert one's self uninvited into a photograph being taken. | |
| Definitions include: in a competition, a very close finish. | |
| Definitions include: "photographer". | |
| Definitions include: to be very thirsty. | |
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