poppin’ Meaning & Origin | Slang by Dictionary.com
www.dictionary.com › e › slangApr 5, 2018 · Poppin ’ is a clipped form of popping, dropping the final G, a common feature of African-American Vernacular English (AAVE). Poppin ’ had taken on a meaning in black slang by the 1940s, when it referred to “lavish and reckless spending,” the action of the verb apparently likened to the ready energy of such spending.