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the satisfying punctuation mark of bubbles, hits, and small explosions everywhere
means A short, sharp burst of sound — or the quick action that makes it — and by extension a sudden brief appearance or movement (as in to pop up or pop in).
from Pop is imitative — what linguists call onomatopoeia, a word born to mimic the very noise it names: the little burst of a bursting thing. It's been in English since the Middle Ages, and like its sound-twin cousins clap, snap, and bang, it didn't descend from some ancient root so much as escape from the mouth directly. The fizzy drink sense ('soda pop') arrived in the early 19th century, named for the satisfying pop of the cork.
- soda origins
- named for the cork's escaping carbonation sound
- weasel song
- pop goes the weasel may mean pawning a coat
- art movement
- warhol made soup cans into gallery royalty
- bubble physics
- a popping bubble breaks in milliseconds
- music tag
- short for popular, coined in the 1920s
soda pop — carbonated soft drink category, originated in 1800s america
pop music — dominant global music genre since 1950s, beatles to taylor swift
pop art — art movement of 1950s-60s featuring andy warhol and roy lichtenstein
pop warner football — youth football league founded 1929, over 400,000 participants annually