Pop may refer to:

• An onomatopoeic description of a sudden sharp explosion, usually of relatively small magnitude
• A carbonated soft drink
• Meanings either directly or indirectly derived from the word 'popular', including:-
  • Pop culture, the vernacular culture that prevails in any given society
  • Pop music, a subgenre of popular music
  • Pop art, a visual artistic movement that emerged in the late 1950s
  • Pop icon, a popular celebrity
  • Pop (album), a 1997 album by U2
  • Pop, the Eton Society, a self-selecting group whose members act, in effect, as prefects of the noted public school and as such are the recipients of numerous privileges
• Pop (frozen snack), a snack on a stick or in a plastic or cardboard sleeve made from fruit juice or sugared water
• Lollipop, a type of candy
• Popcorn, a type of maize which puffs up when it is heated in oil or by dry heat
• Pop, a synonym for a roll
• Snap, Crackle and Pop, the three animated mascots of Rice Krispies cereal
• Pop (television channel), a free-to-air children's television channel in the UK
• A computer program instruction, see stack (data structure)

Pop may also be used as a name:

• a colloquial term for 'father'
• the name of the first month of Haab, the Mayan solar calendar
• the name of a character in Happy Tree Friends
• the name of a character in Ojamajo Doremi; also known as Poppu/Bibi
• Iggy Pop, American punk rock singer and occasional actor

Meanings of POP and PoP:

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Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:55:04 -0000
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Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:17:19 -0000
Barb Jungr is a 54-year-old blonde with a raucous laugh whose new show, which opens Thursday night at the Metropolitan Room, explores the music of Nina Simone.
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Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:13:43 -0000
Underoath, which played Irving Plaza on Tuesday, often finds itself torn between strife and stability.
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Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:36:10 -0000
Watching Michael Feinstein deliver punchy versions of Sinatra standards with a 17-piece band, you could hardly guess that two decades ago he was a different musical animal.
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Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:35:11 -0000
Even with an absence the Paul Motian-Joe Lovano-Bill Frisell trio’s set demonstrated how flexible the group’s frame is.
Music Review: Revving Up the Fusion Vibe for a Vintage ’70s Sound
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:34:37 -0000
Flanked by several diligent sidemen, Billy Cobham projected a let’s-get-down-to-business air.

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T-Pain named songwriter of the year
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:30:00 -0500
Music News: BMI hands out Urban Awards -- T-Pain received the songwriter of the year award and shared the title of producer of the year with Jonathan "J.R." Rotem and Kanye West at BMI's Urban Awards, handed out Thursday at the Wilshire Theater in Beverly Hills.
Goldwyn snags Samuel's 'Streets'
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:05:51 -0500
Music News: Film is based on Glenn M. Stewart's 'City Club' -- Samuel Goldwyn Films has nabbed U.S. rights to Rachel Samuel's "Dark Streets," based on Glenn M. Stewart's stage musical "The City Club."
'Monk's' two title tunes take Emmys
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:04:43 -0500
Music News: Beal, Newman hit winning notes with themes -- It was like giving a manager the boot -- or at least a gentle shove -- during a pennant-winning season. Jeff Beal's main title theme for "Monk" won an Emmy following the show's 2002 debut. Even so, for the second season, a Randy Newman tune replaced Beal's.
Composer Pierre Van Dormael dies
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:23:43 -0500
Music News: Scored 'Toto the Hero,' 'Eighth Day' -- Belgian jazz guitarist and composer Pierre Van Dormael died on Wednesday in Brussels. He was 56.
Beta Records amped for TV
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:00:00 -0500
Music News: Online music site to produce show -- Beta Records, an online music site for unsigned bands that uses fans to drive its A&R activities, will produce 52 episodes of "Beta Records TV" that will begin airing Oct. 25 in 140 U.S. markets, including the top 15.
Musical tunes up for sale?
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:04:46 -0500
Music News: Rodgers and Hammerstein mum on rumors -- The Rodgers and Hammerstein Org is keeping mum on rumors and reports that its catalog of classic showtunes is up for grabs.

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