… 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.

I nip, personally. Or even shoot over, occasionally.

YANBU urgh totally reminded me of the nurse asking me to ‘pop my trousers off and pop onto the the bed’ I’M NOT GOING TO EXPLODE!

YANBU
Totally agree, I hate it. So twee. What is wrong with put, go etc
They think it sounds cuter or more charming than ‘go’ or ‘place’ or ‘put’ but it just sounds daft and saccharine. Exactly.

I feel like this might be an English-ism? I'm not sure Scottish people 'pop' places.

In our household popping is a polite way of saying farting so your thread title means something completely different

I’m with you OP it grinds my gears in a big way!!

Oops, I always 'pop' places! I need a new one. Nip, perhaps?

I just wish everyone would stop turning around when they are talking to people

Yup! "so I turned round and said......" "then she turned round and said......."

Must be exhausting, all that twirling!

Oh God I’m a popper . I’m always telling patients to pop into my room, pop onto the couch, pop, pop,pop. I never realised it was so annoying. What can I say instead?.

Come into my room, get onto the couch, @Thug? Obviously, after you've spent weeks flagellating yourself for your years of annoyingness.

I see the poppers as tragically forced-cheery 1950s housewives in big bell skirts and aprons and dainty lipstick, 'popping' hideous US 1950s recipes like Tuna Melt Casserole or Tomato Soup Cake into the oven and swigging gin before putting a pretty bow in their hair for when the 'Hubster' comes home.

My 2 year old told DH she was “just popping to Boots” the other day

The 'turned around' thing is very weird when you think about it. I mean, I loathe 'pop', but unless the 'turning around' people are actually addressing someone standing behind them in a queue or something, they have certainly not 'turned around', and what they mean is 'I said'...?

I understand the 'turned around and said' thing. To me it means that you aren't really listening/facing the person or really paying attention,. Then you suddenly want to say something so have to turn around to face them and make your point.

How else will you get to the shops if you don't pop

I can't get het up about this either way. It's not a term I use but it's also not a phrase that annoys me.

I pop or nip quite often :D

You could 'go' to the shop?

Ha ha I thought I was the only one. I hate pop a plaster on it or pop it in the oven as well. I also hate it when people say veggies instead of vegetables 😂

You need to chill and watch the Michael McIntyre sketch about nips and pops!

Find a hobby.

Call centres: "I'll just pop yourself on hold" 😠🗡️

@BenjiB I was reading supertato to my 6 year old, and the characters in that are described as veggies. My son asked if I could please say vegetables instead. I was so proud.

Balloons pop, as do bubbles. People don't pop, unless they are Mr Creosote, who was more of a bang!

YANBU, OP. It's overly twee & I find it very irritating.

Call centres: "I'll just pop yourself on hold"

I swear that just made my blood pressure spike @FiddlesticksAkimbo.

*Drogosnextwife

I just wish everyone would stop turning around when they are talking to people.*

Oh yes this is far more annoying than popping!!😂

Although i did read the thread as wish people would stop pooping everywhere which is obviously more offensive!!

I've realised how funny all this popping is and now I can't stop giggling.

Never thought of it as funny till just now