When did put become 'pop' and why does it bug me so much?!

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Pop it in the oven
Pop it in the fridge
Pop it into your bag.

Arghhh. So twee. So

When did plain old fashioned 'put' get ousted?

Am I alone in my angst?!

And what other words grate on you?

It’s because pop is being used in the wrong context. It’s pop to the shops because it’s a quick trip to the shop. A pop is quick like the sound of a balloon popping. Pop in fridge I assume is til you need it which won’t always be quick. Pop is a quick in and out. So I think that’s why it irks it’s the wrong word!

@1forAll74

I might say I am nipping to the shop, but never popping to the shop. My late Mum used to say I am nipping this to everything, as in nipping up the garden to peg the washing out,or nipping next door to see her neighbour. I am from Cheshire originally, and Nipping was widely used, but never heard it much in Hertfordshire here.

We nip a lot in Scotland.We rarely pop.

Disclaimer I’ve never said pop I would say nip. Pop sounds southern, nip sounds northern ( there is no basis for that just sounds like that to my ears).

@Lazydaisydaydream

I hate it when owners of companies say things like “pop me a message” on their social media.

I just hate it when companies talk to me like they're my mate trying to sell me a smoothie at a music festival.

"Hello to you our squiggly wiggly customer. We noticed that your ever so convenient Direct Debit didn't go through this month. Unfortunately now you owe us lots of those lovely wuvely pounds and pennies! Oopsie daisy silly head. Never mind. We're sending round our cuddly wuddly Debt Collection Team! Have them in for a cuppa and let's get this all straightened up. Maybe they can take away your telly box as partial payment? Please find attached an eeeny weeny Default Notice. Wow! Lucky you! Cheers for being our amazing customer. We love you! Rate us on TrustPilot. Stay safe out there."

@Justleaveitblankthen

I always use: "Run round" when I orderrequest my DC to "Run round with Henry Hoover please?" It sweetens the task and brings to mind them chasing round and round it as opposed to actually doing it 😂( in my own mind, I don't suggest that to them )

Henry isn't a Hoover.

Holds on to that ancient word-usage grudge

Vacuum

ignores all dictionaries

Stupid evolving language.

@PeeAche brilliant parody, love it! I got one in that style only yesterday about an expired card meaning payment could not be taken. Decided on the spot to cancel my subscription!

PeeAche that is brilliant!

Can’t say I’ve ever given “pop” and its synonyms a moment’s thought, and I thought I was the Queen of Pedants (“[preposition] [name of Other Person] and I” makes me scream, because it’s just WRONG grammatically). “Holibobs” and “choccy” are cutesy but harmless.

“Watch” (as in children) and “gotten” are VERY VERY common American usage. So is “I’m good”. We aren’t deliberately trying to irritate you, I promise!

I don’t mind pop, prefer stick or for going out nip.

I can’t stand any of the new words/phrases that have been going around the last few years like: nom, cheeky, life hack, moon and back, holibibs, all the hun stuff!

Current hate is the grammar failure affecting thousands of people in the UK who think ‘was’ can be used instead of ‘were’.

We was popping down the shops for a cheeky Nando’s …

Came on to say this (my SIL uses it for even more mundane stuff e.g. I sourced these carrots from Asda), and also the even more awful 'curated' e.g. 'I have curated this collection of houseplants sourced from the garden centre'...

Yes. I can't stand "sourced" or "curated", either.

"price point" sets my teeth on edge. Has been very popular with young make-up and fashion bloggers and YouTube "influencers".

The term and concept of "influencers" makes me cringe.

"In the future" or "in future..." is rapidly being replaced, it appears, with "going forward..."

There was a similar thread here a few weeks ago about the hackneyed phrases used by some on MN, for example:

"Give your head a wobble."
"You do you." etc.

@Bideshi

Always makes me think of obs-gynae speak. 'Just pop your pants off for me and pop on to the couch.' Lots of popping goes on when you for a smear.

Yes well, in medical situations generally, I find. Weird and slightly infantilising med-speak.

I am guilty of saying things like 'chuck it in the oven' or 'stick it in a pan', I admit.

I also pop or nip to the shop.

I hate "reach out" it's so woke and American cringy, Meghan Markle-like. I just wanted to reach out to you to check you're ok, even got a letter from a company saying it. We're reaching out to our customers etc etc. Aargh no just fuck off!!!!
The other one I can't stand is everyone now saying 100%. It's all over TV, no-one is saying ok anymore or yes or I understand etc, it's "yeah. 100%" 🤬

Some of these are dialect to be fair. Not "hubby" "holibobs" etc though!

Pop, I hate it! And hubby… I have a friend who refers to her ‘hubby’ all the time. I can’t stand it, it’s so drippy and wet.

I hate super. Super clean, super long, super tidy etc etc. Just no.

There's not a lot of popping in NI. But there's a fair bit of bouncing. 'You bounce into the passenger seat and I'll drive'. That kind of thing.

There was a guy on the news a few years back, giving an eye witness account of an accident in his street. 'There was a loud bang. So I bounced out of bed. Then I bounced down the stairs and out the front door. There was a whole commotion, so I bounced down the street... etc' Something like that. It was hilarious and cringey all at once.

I don't mind "pop" as in, "pop the kettle on."
I do mind pop when in relation to cosmetics as in, "This eyeshadow will really make your eyes pop." I prefer my eyeballs intact.

I used to have the piss taken out of me as a twenty something saying ‘pop’ as it was old fashioned.
Seems to have come back round

I do get annoyed with asked instead of arsed.
“I can’t be asked to do that”

Nothing drives me mad more than "super" at the moment...

Everyone is superexcited or it's supereasy ffs

And they are superexcited for their birthday/Christmas....it's I'm excited about

Current hate is the grammar failure affecting thousands of people in the UK who think ‘was’ can be used instead of ‘were’.

And "I have went..."
"I seen it..."
Use of "of" where it should be "have".

@wonderpants

When did give become gifted? That really pisses me off for no reason! Gift is a noun, give is a verb!

This, this, a thousand times this! It sounds like bullshit influencer speak.

"I was gifted a voucher". You were GIVEN a voucher. Gaaaaaaaah.

I don't pop anything but like a lot of others I chuck or sling things or nip out somewhere. I think, in my head, it sounds less formal and stuffy.

'woke' become pretty objectionable. It's been hollowed out all meaning and is now just a lazy insult.

It's so affected. People are always popping or bunging or chucking or throwing.

Bung it in the oven
Throw some ingredients together
Chuck on some jeans
Grab a treat
Pop a tampon in
Sling some stuff in a bag
Munch some food

It's like everybody's writing themselves as the star of their own chick lit novel. I assume they're all head tilting and tinkly laughing at the same time.

My real bug bear atm, particularly on relationship threads, is the oh so casual "chuck this one back". It's like the ducks in a row brigade have taken a vote and grabbed themselves a new by-line to pop onto a thread.

'There was a loud bang. So I bounced out of bed. Then I bounced down the stairs and out the front door. There was a whole commotion, so I bounced down the street... etc' Something like that. It was hilarious and cringey all at once.

Did he look like this?