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ˈpoppa U.S. colloq.
a. = papa1. Also transf.
1897G. B. Shaw Our Theatres in Nineties (1932) III. 20 We are permitted to take to our bosoms an American girl, because, to gratify her Poppa's love of a title without forfeiting her own self-respect, she has heroically refused a silly young Duke and married a venal old Earl. 1902Howells Kentons xii, Well, there's one thing; I won't call him poppa any more..and I won't say papá and mammá. Everybody that knows anything says father and mother now. 1902Daily Chron. 10 May 3/3 The decline of ‘poppa’ and ‘momma’ in Ohio may convince some Western politicians that England is still exercising her insidious and baleful influence. 1910Punch 28 Sept. 227 Say, if that's poppa's notion of ‘literary calm’ I wish he'd never come home. 1956[see Father's Day (father n. 12)]. 1959Listener 10 Sept. 375/1 It is a strange feeling, unfamiliar I imagine to most other countries, which..divide the rituals of the state and its political leadership between at least two dignitaries, so that Poppa is always at home. 1962Amer. Speech XXXVII. 35 Another song which became popular sometime early in the century was entitled ‘I Wonder Where My Sweet, Sweet Poppa's Gone’. The ‘poppa’ of this song is again a male lover. 1970G. Greer Female Eunuch 158 Baby-talk, even to the extent of calling the husband..‘poppa’. 1977N.Z. Herald 5 Jan. 2–20/3 [Deaths] Lucich, Stipan Bartul... dear poppa of 19 grandchildren; in his 81st year.
b. poppa stoppa (U.S. Blacks' slang): see quots.
1944D. Burley in A. Dundes Mother Wit (1973) 210 Elderly man—Poppa Stoppa. 1945L. Shelly Jive Talk Dict. 31/1 Poppa stoppa, smart old man. 1970C. Major Dict. Afro-Amer. Slang 92 Poppa-stoppa,..any old man who is effective at what he does. |