OA
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "oa"
Symbol
OA
- (international standards) Indeterminately reserved ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the African Intellectual Property Organization.
Usage notes
This is an indeterminately reserved code, included as part of ISO 3166-1 on the request of the World Intellectual Property Organization due to its use in the WIPO ST.3 standard, and is not endorsed for general use by the ISO.
Preposition
OA
- Initialism of on or about.
Noun
OA
- Initialism of open access.
- Initialism of organizing authority.
- Initialism of office assistant.
- (UK, census) Initialism of output area.
Adjective
OA (comparative more OA, superlative most OA)
- (Philippines) Initialism of overacting.
- He's even more OA than you.
- He's even more overreactive than you.
Proper noun
OA
Derived terms
Anagrams
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Proper noun
OA
- Abbreviation of Oaxaca. (Mexican state)
Alternative forms
- O.A.
Etymology
From Philippine English OA, from the initialism of English overacting.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˌʔo ˈʔej/ [ˌʔo ˈʔeɪ̯]
- Rhymes: -ej
Adjective
OA
- (colloquial) overreactive; tending to react in an overexaggerated manner; over the top
- Ang OA mo kasi e!
- It's cuz you're so overreactive!
- Napaka-OA mo naman!
- You're so overreactive!
- 'Wag kang OA!
- Don't be overreactive!
Further reading
- Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN
Anagrams
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