stahp

stahp

1. (Internet slang, humorous) Pronunciation spelling of stop.
   • 1993 March 23, Karen Kenny aka Mel, “Gay Scientists/Engineers”, in soc.motss‎^[1] (Usenet), archived from the original on 12 September 2025:

     Define what a "reasonable" response is to unceasing, unapologetic, increasingly aggressive misogyny. It certainly isn't an occasional cutesy posting from you to Melmud saying "Stahp that, you thilly thing!"

   • 1998 November 17, “Who started this?”, in soc.culture.african.american‎^[2] (Usenet):

     LOL!
     Stahp it! You're killing me!

   • 2020 August 4, Preeti Chhibber, Orientation (Marvel: Avengers Assembly #1)‎^[3], Scholastic Inc., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 97:

     KAMALA: omg stahp
     BRUNO: lol

   • 2021 December 14, Blair Babylon, Twisted (Scholarship Mafia)‎^[4], Malachite Publishing LLC, →ISBN:

     OMG stahp, @ModOMatic. You aren't 13 yo anyho.

   • 2022 January 11, J. Elle, Ashes of Gold (Wings of Ebony)‎^[5], Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 178:

     Me: OMG STAHP! [emoji face]

• Chiefly used in the imperative.

• “Stahp”, in Know Your Meme, website first launched 2007
• Lucia Peters (6 May 2015), “Where Does "Stahp" Come From?”, in Bustle‎^[6], archived from the original on 12 January 2021.