DLT 0 Posted November 11, 2017 Report Share Posted November 11, 2017 Hi! I'm new to here but after scouring the internet this is the only site I found which used the term 'all over the 'oppit', as in 'all over the place, everywhere'. It's a term we all use regularly as a family here in Cheshire but no one else knows what it means! Think it may have come from my Grandad but he was a Yorkshire man? Do you know anything about the origin of this saying and what letter the apostrophe replaces?! Is it hoppit? Thank you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,580 Posted November 11, 2017 Report Share Posted November 11, 2017 Good first post DLT, we've always used that term but never gave it a second thought,you got me thinking now, I'm sure there will be plenty of answers to your question coming to these pages shortly these Notts folk are a clever lot you know Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,408 Posted November 11, 2017 Report Share Posted November 11, 2017 'Oi 'oppit' is a common phrase meanin 'hoppit' as go away, 'hop along with you' or 'bu99er off' but all over the oppit? We used it regulalry but I've never really thought about what 'oppit' in this context means. Good question. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crankypig 457 Posted November 11, 2017 Report Share Posted November 11, 2017 My granny used to say all over the oppit,I think it just meant that something was all over the place. Another saying was gerrout of the ossroad,meaning move out of the way,I suppose that stems from the days of horses or a horse and cart,and you had to get off the road for safety. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted September 15, 2022 Report Share Posted September 15, 2022 Never heard the phrase ''all over the oppit''...............but often hear ''all over the option''......meaning 'all over the place''...........IE ''stuff all over the place'' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,457 Posted September 15, 2022 Report Share Posted September 15, 2022 I've never heard of either the those two - neither all over the oppit or the option. Must be from a very specific area. And also an example of a thread started almost 5 years ago by someone who never came back and said anything else. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,532 Posted September 15, 2022 Report Share Posted September 15, 2022 My mother used to use 'all over the option'. it was a bit like the place 'looking like Jackie Pownalls'! 'Oppit' was like 'get lost'! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted September 15, 2022 Report Share Posted September 15, 2022 My mam said 'oppit' She was born and grew up in Basford, perhaps that area used it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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