pop
Regional
- Meaning
- Soft drink (the Midwest answer to "soda").
- Type
- Regionalism
- Used in
- Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pacific Northwest
What does “pop” mean
The standard generic word for a carbonated soft drink across the Midwest, Western PA, and the Pacific Northwest. "Soda" wins in the Northeast and California; "coke" wins in the Deep South.