#742 What is an OAP?

www.teacherjoseph.com Extract: Hello, everyone, and welcome again to another Teacher Joseph podcast. (OAP is usually written as OAP - not O.A.P.) Today, we are asking what is an OAP. An OAP is an old age, pensioner. Now, we never say the word “Oap” We always spell out the acronym, an OAP. And this is how we refer to older people. It may be a pensioner in receipt of government benefits, but it might just be an older person who looks a little bit frail. Frail, just means maybe not as fit as once they were…. an old age pensioner, that's how we talk about older people,particularly those who are receiving the government state pension and are aged around 50, well, actually no 60, 65. Yes, I think 65 is the earliest date these days you can receive the government benefit. Now, there's a headline in our newspaper today that talks about the rise of OAP shoplifters. Now, as I mentioned the other day, on this podcast, shoplifting is kind of a big thing in the UK now.