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“Waiting for OP” and “OP will surely deliver”, are expressions associated with image macros featuring people, animals or skeletons posed in front of computer screens as if they had been waiting for the original poster’s response for a very long time. It is often used in threads to warn posters of the futility of tracking a topic where the origin poster (OP) has promised to provide evidence to support a story or claim.
Origin
The phrase “waiting for OP” was used in the Democratic Underground[1] Forums as early as March 3rd, 2005. On December 29th, 2009, the earliest known image macro to use the phrase “OP will surely deliver” featuring a reclined skeleton (shown below) was uploaded to the image-hosting site Chan4Chan.[2]
Spread
On May 16th, 2011, a Quickmeme[5] page titled “OP Will Surely Deliver” was launched, featuring an image of a cat waiting for food and a skeleton sitting at a computer. On August 5th, 2012, a Facebook[3] page titled “OP Will Surely Deliver” was launched. On November 20th, Redditor the 2belo submitted a post titled “OP will surely deliver. Lets just wait” to the /r/skyrim[4] subreddit, featuring a screenshot of a skeleton sitting on a throne from the 2011 role-playing game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (shown below, left).
