Pop

See also: pop, PoP, POP, and pöp

English edit

Pronunciation edit

(UK) IPA^(key): /pɒp/
(US) IPA^(key): /pɑp/
Rhymes: -ɒp, -ɑp
Homophone: pop

Etymology 1 edit

Uncertain. The OED suggests either from (lolli)pop ("because the meetings were held in the rooms of Mrs Hatton, who kept the lollipop shop"), or from Latin popīna (“cookshop”). The second sense derives from the first.

Noun edit

Pop (plural Pops)

A social club and debating society at Eton College.
The body of college prefects.

Etymology 2 edit

Shortened from popular (concert).

Noun edit

Pop (plural Pops)

(also in plural) A popular classical music concert.
- 1897, Bram Stoker, “Chapter 5”, in Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library, →OCLC:
  As to the tall, curly-haired man, I suppose it was the one who was with me at the last Pop.

Etymology 3 edit

From pop (“father”).

Proper noun edit

Pop

(colloquial, US, theater) Traditional nickname for a stage doorman.
- 1982, Jhan Robbins, Front Page Marriage, page 186:
  “All the other stars would leave the theatre wearing fur coats, fancy hats, and imported French shoes,” said Pop Stern, a longtime stage-doorman.
- 1999, Amy Dunkleberger, Patricia King Hanson, AFI Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, page 216:
  […] George Melford (Pop, stage doorman) […]
- 2020, Edwin M. Bradley, Hollywood Musicals You Missed, page 65:
  […] Ralph Sanford (doorman); A.S. “Pop” Byron (stage doorman); Allen Fox (photographer); […]