pop tags

English

Etymology

New clothing purchases often come with tags that need to be removed.

Pronunciation

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Verb

pop tags (third-person singular simple present pops tags, present participle popping tags, simple past and past participle popped tags)

1. (slang) To go shopping, especially for clothing, especially on a spree.
   • 2008, Jermaine Dupri, Young, Rich, and Dangerous: The Making of a Music Mogul‎^[1], page 3:

     We were popping tags all over the place. After years making do with the sales rack at JCPenney we were flying up to New York and Chicago for spending sprees, buying ourselves diamond chains and gold watches.

   • 2011, A. K. A. Smalls, Low Patience's‎^[2], page 3:

     Chris; Well we're on our way to pop some tags you wanna come? / Dow; Naw, Im good. / Dink; Yeah bro still be wearing shit from the 90's, money is still stuck in time. / Juice; Yo, bro don't beat yourself treat yourself.

Anagrams

• stop-gap, stopgap