verb🔥 Gen-Z slang

pop off

to do something impressively

What it means

To do something impressively, go all out, or perform with standout energy. It's an encouraging cheer ('pop off!') when someone is killing it, though it can also describe someone passionately ranting or going off.

Examples

  • Pop off, queen, that speech was everything.
  • He really popped off on that verse, no skips.
  • She's popping off in the group chat about politics again.
  • Go pop off at the audition, you've got this.

Where it comes from

Rooted in AAVE and amplified through Twitter and stan culture in the late 2010s as a hype phrase for someone excelling or going off.

Related slang

#serve#slay#ate#gas up

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