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pop-up

pop-up

8 3.8
A shop that opens in one place for a short time
  • noun
  • /ˈpɑːpˌʌp/
  • Texting
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  • The financial commitment is too risky, but pop-up stores offer an affordable alternative.

Yeah, so my pop up shop, how did it go?

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Examples

  • Locals and tourists alike are also gobbling up Olympic memorabilia at pop-up stores from Hyde Park to East London.

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  • Louis Vuitton celebrates the opening of the first pop-up shoe store at Level Shoe District, Dubai.

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  • Yeah, so my pop up shop, how did it go?

  • I do want to say Pop Up Shop before the launch as well in Brighton.

  • So when places have pop up shops, I'm all about it.

  • We've started doing some really fun pop up classes in different cities.

  • For a gift store, it might be to run pop-up stores around town for a percentage.

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  • It was merely a promotional pop-up shop.

  • Don't be surprised to find a line wrapped around the block for this occasional pop-up market.

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  • The pop-up shop featured local artisans and was only open for two weeks.

Synonyms

popup
vspop-up
1 3.8

A temporary shop or event that opens in a place for a short time

is identical in meaning but written as one word without a hyphen

How Long

store
97 1.0
stall
38 1.0
pop-up
  • Texting
8 3.8

Surface Forms

pop-up singular
pop-ups plural

Morphology

pop-up = pop (transparent) = up + pop

The temporary-store meaning is a straightforward extension of something that appears or opens suddenly, so the connection is easy to recover. [Postprocessing: moved 'up' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

The word pop-up comes from pop ('to appear suddenly') and up ('to rise' or 'appear'). A pop-up shop or event 'pops up' in a place for a short time, so the name tells you it is temporary.