… to wish people would stop ‘popping’ everywhere?

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‘Pop to the shops’, ‘pop upstairs’ ‘pop out’, ‘pop in’… stop bloody popping! You can ‘go’ and ‘walk’ and all sorts of other verbs. When people say ‘pop’ I imagine them smugly teleporting with a little wink and a little bell sound and it’s infuriating. Sometimes I imagine the teleport going wrong and the popper ending up stuck halfway through the wall dying an agonising gory death to calm myself down.

POP

Agree that 'rock up' is worse than pop. I hate pop ups on my phone but I don't mind pop up shops...

My bugbear is all the whipping people do.

Whip up a quick snack
Whip on a clean top
Whip out a rabbit from a hat

I always imagine them doing whatever it is with a flourish and a tadah!

I'm a "call" er! I'll call in and see my mates/mum and dad, call to shops......sounds weird now I'm saying it to myself haha

I'm sure the OP wil produce a certified list of expressions she finds acceptable for everyone else to use! Some people really do think an awful lot of themselves if they think they can lecture others on what's acceptable.

People in my part of Yorkshire don't 'pop'. They 'bob'.

"Some people really do think an awful lot of themselves if they think they can lecture others on what's acceptable."
Opined @LadyRannaldini, lecturingly ...

The OP, & most pp's are just having a laugh here, Lady R.
Try it one day ..

It works well in hospital.
Pop your clothes off
Pop on this gown
Pop onto the bed
I’m just going to pop this up your arse.......

Lucky you that this expression annoys you!! Too much time on your hands !!

"Lucky you that this expression annoys you!! Too much time on your hands !!"

Found the popper

Celebelly you beat me to it!

I thought of that poem as soon as I read the OP 😂

How dare you be so disgustingly unpatriotic. This is a matter of national pride. We are a nation of poppers (and nippers).

That's it, I'm reporting you to BJ. He'll be sure to pop round and give you a jolly good talking to.

I have a friend who dodges everywhere: dodge to the shops; dodge into town etc. I like it. I imagine her house surrounded by snipers who she has avoid by hiding behind bins, or scuttling between parked cars.

I do teleport with a wink though... should I stop popping?

YANBU. I hate how noncommittal and timid it is.

See also:
I just stood there and said...
I just sat there thinking...
Bung a wash on
She just turned around and said...
I’m not being funny but...
Stick the kettle on love
Just hop on over
Just going for a wee tinkle

Yes. I am quite a cheerless soul.

I hadn't noticed it until this thread. Now I'm seeing it on every post.

I wish people would stop suggesting sitting people down when instigating a conversation.

It could be a northern thing...it reminds me of the Louise Woodward case..(au pair in America)..she said in her statement that she "popped the baby in the bath"..the Americans thought that meant she admitted killing him.

I pop people on hold at work on a daily basis, I can’t exactly “whack” a customer on hold, it wouldn’t go down well I don’t think!

I don’t mind ‘pop to the shops’ etc. It is what it sounds like - a short journey. However, my closest friend ‘pops’ everywhere, regardless of distance, and it drives me nuts. She ‘pops’ to see her parents, despite them living nearly four hours away. She’d pop to Azerbai sodding jan if you let her

@Youseethethingis I thought of Micky Flanagan popping out in his slippers and ending up "out out"
Popping is fine if you are quick - pop to the shop for milk/bread. Pop in for a cup of tea.
Jumping in the shower is also fine - again if you are going to be less than 5 mins lol - the term jump implies you are going to be quick!
Whack something in the oven/whack the kettle on does make me chuckle.

Rock up is hilarious I have an image of a gang of yobby teenagers with attitude sauntering up with headphones on blaring out some hip hop music (no offence to anyone who rocks up!)

I nip and stick on/in, no popping here

I'm just going to pop out to see blah and will nip to the shops on the way... What's the issue, its understandable language that's to the point

Haha yes 'out out'.... As long as that doesn't happen you've nailed it

at Greeborising

People have been popping and nipping for decades, probably centuries. YABU.