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on and popping en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, qualifier:African-American Vernacular, slang) Lively and full of action or excitement.
    • Tammy suggested, "The peeps from the play are hanging out at the Hollywood Athletic Club. That's on and popping." 2000, Eric Jerome Dickey, Cheaters, page 244:
    • I had things on and popping, and my life was moving in the best direction possible. 2017, M.T. Pope, Hustling on the Down Low:
    • The dining room was empty, but we had a living room to entertain and cool bedrooms. It was on and popping. 2012, Remo Kareem, I Am That Man..., page 32:
    • "Me too," Pokey said. "So when the time comes, we'll set everything up, and afterwards it's on and popping. 2013, Tyler Gore, G.A.B.O.S. - Game Ain't Based on Sympathy, page 103:
  2. (not-comparable, qualifier:African-American Vernacular, slang) Ready and willing.

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