Popping up and popping down

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I say 'I'm popping up to Tesco' as its North of our house.

But Dh says 'I'm popping down to Tesco'. It messes with my head as I think 'down' should mean South.

Aibu to think you need to either pop up or pop down depending on the direction of the destination? Obviously that would become complicated in an East/West scenario but in that case 'I'm popping to..' would do.

I know 'popping' is annoying but it's how we talk. It even annoys me as I'm saying it, but I can't stop.

Vote Yes: You pop out to the direction of the destination, so Northerly is pop up. Southerly is pop down.

Vote No: It doesn't matter and it's unreasonable to say 'popping'.

Stop with all the bloody popping!!!

And people “jumping” in the shower or “jumping” on a call. Gets on my tits.

My kids don't pop they bounce.

I don't know if anyone remembers the louise Woodward case. She was a young english nanny in America who got accused of a killing a baby in her care. There was a misunderstanding at the trial because she said she "popped" the baby 9n the bed. In US "pop" means to hit or strike someone hard and they thought she had hit the baby on the bed, when she meant she put the baby down on the bed

Hmm I think I use the following in this order:

Popping to
Popping down to
Popping out to
Popping over to / the

Never popping up! I would say 'up to' if I was going on a proper journey north eg driving up to Manchester / going up to Manchester. But that would be for a long journey not a 'pop' to the shops.

God you know you've had a rough night insomnia when you think about that as much as I just did!

I'd never say up or down just 'to'.

Popping to me means a short visit I.e. not a weekly shop.

Nipping is always on foot. You can never nip anywhere by car.

I nip in my car all the time. A nip is somewhere less than 10 minutes away that you visit for less than 5 minutes. The mode of transport is neither here nor there.

These are the rules.

I definitely nip on my bike, to undertake short errands

Which way is up the alphabet? If you write it down then going down the alphabet is A B C etc. But you could also argue that going C B A is going "down" the alphabet. It's just like that.

@BubblyBarbara

Which way is up the alphabet? If you write it down then going down the alphabet is A B C etc. But you could also argue that going C B A is going "down" the alphabet. It's just like that.

I would say you go forwards and backwards in the alphabet or in a book or piece of writing. The same with numbers - you count forwards and backwards.

My contribution to this thread is the poem A Busy Day, by Michael Rosen:
A BUSY DAY

Pop in

pop out

pop over the road

pop out for a walk

pop down to the shop

can’t stop

got to pop

got to pop?

pop where?

pop what?

well I’ve got to pop round

pop up

pop in to town

pop out and see

pop in for tea

pop down to the shop

can’t stop

got to pop

got to pop?

pop where?

pop what?

well I’ve got to pop in

pop out

pop over the road

pop out for a walk

pop in for a talk

I nip on my bike somewhere.

I pop to, unless it’s on an incline - I pop down to the village hall and pop up to the shops because one is downhill and the other uphill from my house.

Dammit @BobbinThreadbare123 you beat me to it!

I've just realised how many different ways we have of saying this!

I'd "go up to Tesco" as it's up the hill from us. Or I'd go down to the next town, as it's down at the foot of the hills. Then if I'm neither (or not noticeably!) going up nor down, I'd be "heading through to" or "going over to". "Through to" denotes a larger distance only just realised this. None of the above is to do with direction, just height/distance

I don’t pop, I nip. “Just nipping to Tesco” but sometimes I will say “I’m just nipping to Tesco but I might pop into Marks and Spencer’s on the way back, do you want anything”.

No idea if they are North and South. Couldn’t be bothered with all the geographical placement nonsense. Too much other shit going on in my head to have headspace for that.

@BobbinThreadbare123

My contribution to this thread is the poem A Busy Day, by Michael Rosen: A BUSY DAY

Pop in

pop out

pop over the road

pop out for a walk

pop down to the shop

can’t stop

got to pop

got to pop?

pop where?

pop what?

well I’ve got to pop round

pop up

pop in to town

pop out and see

pop in for tea

pop down to the shop

can’t stop

got to pop

got to pop?

pop where?

pop what?

well I’ve got to pop in

pop out

pop over the road

pop out for a walk

pop in for a talk

I love this and love Michael Rosen

I have another one. Dh has a meeting at work today and said. 'Right, I'm heading off now', as if he's going on a hike instead of driving 10 minutes (North) to the office.

Head out
Head off
Head up
Head down
Head across
Head round

Why do people always (it's the law) go up to Cambridge?

I pop to Tesco's using the compass, as is correct, but If I'm going elsewhere on the way to Tesco's, I always "swing by".

I pop to, in, round, over, but not up or down.

When I was younger and living in the glorious capital of the Fens, we would always go up town (up taaaaaaahhhhhn, I should say), regardless of whether we lived North or South of it. If I was going to a friend's house I would be going around hers.

Since moving North no one pops, they all bob.

HMSSophie you always “go up” to University, wherever it is and if you get expelled you are “send down” no idea why

Yabu to explain voting as yes or no when the options are YABU or YANBU - which is which?

My DH parents live in a town that's west of us, and I thought slightly south. So always said going down to in laws. Then I looked on map and it's slightly north. Now I'm totally confused as up doesn't sound right. 😂😂😂

If you live in Glasgow you can pop ‘through’ to edinburgh.

Or popping across for that matter.