ginger pop

7.7

A sweet fizzy drink flavored with ginger, like ginger ale

noun
/ˈdʒɪndʒə pɒp/

: refresco de jengibre

Ginger ale, ginger pop, ginger beer, beer bubbles bubble cola, double cola, double-bubble burp-a-cola all that carbonated stuff that tickles your nose.

Examples

Jimminity... ginger pop and everything!

Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936)
Make Ginger pop!"

Footloose (1984)
Ginger pop and cookies, and some candy?

Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936)
I ordered a bottle of ginger pop to enjoy with my meal.
After a long hike, we relaxed with some refreshing ginger pop on the porch.
The party served ginger pop as a tasty alternative to regular soda.

Synonyms

pop

vsginger pop

127 1.0

A sweet fizzy drink sold in cans or bottles

is mainly the British label for the ginger flavored variety

ginger ale

vsginger pop

38 2.0

A cold fizzy drink flavored with ginger

is mainly a British term for the same drink

soda pop

vsginger pop

15 1.0

A sweet fizzy drink like cola

is the British name used for the ginger flavored specific variety

ginger beer

vsginger pop

3 3.0

A fizzy drink with a strong ginger taste that has a little alcohol

is used in British speech to cover both alcoholic and nonalcoholic versions

Surface Forms

ginger pop singular

ginger pops plural

Morphology

ginger + pop

The meaning 'a sweet, carbonated drink flavored with ginger' is directly and transparently built from 'ginger' (the flavoring) + 'pop' (a sweet carbonated beverage), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the compound. This noun–noun composition follows ordinary word-formation patterns and has clear cross-linguistic parallels, making it immediately comprehensible despite 'pop' being regionally labelled.

Etymology

Ginger pop gets its name from the loud 'pop' a fizzy bottle makes when you open it and ginger, the spicy root that gives the taste, so it paints the picture of a fizzy, ginger-flavoured 'drink'.