Pop this pop that-POP off! (I am irrational about this, I know)

[TheChinaBerryTree]

My manager is the worst. 'Hey Chinaberry, would you mind just popping a note on this file for this reason and then if you can, pop a call to so and so to let them know you've popped it on or pop him an email if you can't popping get through' (I am exaggerating of course but....

Why do we have to pop things everywhere!?

Is it a supposed means of sounding friendlier or less serious?

It is beginning to make me cringe.

Yore my manager aren't you.
I'm dying to sarcastically begin using it back to see if it's noticed.

'Hi manager, I've just popped such and such in X, would you mind popping a look when you get chance?' 'Can you pop a meeting link to me please', 'I've popped an annual leave request, can you pop in and sign it off please? I need to pop to the dentist that day and thought I'd pop it in for Wednesday' 'I'm popping off now, will pop you an email in the morning'..🤣(I'm cringing even typing it)...

I also nip, I nipping out for a cuppa, I just need to nip to the loo.

I wouldnt even notice to be honest!

You've reminded me of an old housemate I had at university but she was a 'bobber'.

'I'll bob through when I've finished my work'

'Do you want to bob over to the pub after class?'

I'm just bobbing to the library'...

I don't think I mind nip..it makes more sense to me somehow.
So many meanings as well.

'It's nippy (cold) out'
'He was in the nip!' (Naked).
'I'm nipping to the shops, want anything?'
'Nip that bit off' (trim it off)...

Fully agree. As a variant, at an optometrist appointment we inadvertently Bobbed. Just as annoying.

I’m tolerant of most popping but dislike people popping to the loo. What I hate is things being grabbed - sandwiches, jackets- so violent.

Did she walk very strangely, in shoes with a lot of cushioning or something?

I have a friend who 'grabs'. Stayed here recently.
'Is it alright if I grab a shower?' (You can grab it all you want, dear, just don't pull it off the wall please. Can't afford a new one!).

'Can you just grab this for me while I open the door?' snatches object..

'Grab bags' of crisps-what?! It's a large bag. Call it that.

The medical profession are the worst.

'Pop your knickers off.'
'Pop up on to the couch'.
'Pop your feet together and your knees apart.'
'I am just going to pop this speculum in.'

Much the same as those people who have to jump on the bus, jump in the shower, jump on a call, etc.

Can I also add "bunging". Annoys me no end on MN when people are bunging casseroles into ovens to show how easy the dinner is.

And they all seem to say TUMMY.

What the fuck is that? I’m not 4.

I'm with you OP. It's so cringe. "Pop a chicken in the oven". We should allow the dead chicken some last bit of dignity, surely.

Agree. It's a more egregious form of "can I get" when ordering from a menu. Can I get a coke. My teenage son does it regularly as he knows it annoys me and I have so stop myself from bellowing YOU AREN'T AMERICAN FFS!!!

Quite.

'I'm just going to get a shower'

I tend to respond very sarcastically.

'You don't need to get one, there's one in the bathroom'.
'Where you going to get one of those from?! B&Q is shut at the moment!

And yes, the American system. I almost want to take up hospitality so I can correct people when they ask if they can 'get' a pint/coke etc.

Tummy really makes me cringe.
I have a male friend who says it often.
'Need to lose my tummy before summer'
'She's put a bit of weight on around her tummy'
'Think I've caught a tummy bug!'

Unacceptable. Should be illegal. Unless as you say, you're 4, or talking to a 4 year old.

This. Along with 'panties'.

'Just get changed down to your panties please'

Panties FFS.

I BET they don’t say panties to me. They’ll say underwear.

To men, not to me!

Agree! Such a cringeworthy word.

If they said underwear to me, I would take it as a sign to keep my vest on 😂

Im going to add this to my repertoire!

Oh again, guilty. Particularly telling other people to jump on the bus.

Im going to stop replying to individual posts as I am guilty of all of the above apart from grab. I dont think I have ever used that word apart from to say that someone literally grabbed something out of my hand.