[IRC] Someone who is endowed with privileges on a particular {IRC}
channel; commonly abbreviated chanop or CHOP or just op (as of 2000
these short forms have almost crowded out the parent usage). These
privileges include the right to {kick} users, to change various
status bits, and to make others into CHOPs.
[glossary]
[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {chanop}{CHOP}]