Entry · catalog no. 9158
pop off
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verb · Nationwide · 2026
✓ Verified
1.
To go all the way in — to perform brilliantly, speak your mind with force, or let loose. Also a hype-up: "pop off!" as encouragement to do your thing.
“She got on the mic and popped off.”
Origin & Attribution
African American Vernacular English, where popping off once meant to start something — to erupt, even to shoot — and broadened into doing something with force and excellence. Hip-hop used it for an artist going off; Gen Z inherited the celebratory sense.
Region of origin
West
Midwest
N.East
South
Nationwide / diaspora
Nationwide · 2026
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Nationwide
$POPOFFThe Record · cultural traction
▲ Rising0 yrs
ahead of the mainstream
12/100
peak cultural energy
Introduced to English by the culture — logged here before the mainstream caught on.
Cultural usage — the recordMainstream search interest
First used
2026
in the culture
Recorded here
2026
point of first record
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Citations & Sources
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Rap Dictionary, "pop off" — reference · entry
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+ Cite a sourceAfrican American Vernacular English lexicon — reference · entry
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