“I got called a ‘bop’ today,” reads a student’s post on Reddit. “I know I’m probably just being dramatic about this, but I can’t help but feel very upset.”

The term bop is being bandied around both online and IRL, and if your child is being called it by their peers, whether in person or via social media, it’s time to talk to them about it.

For those scratching their heads as to what it could possibly even mean, the term “bop” isn’t a reference to a catchy song (which is what millennials and Gen X-ers might think when they hear it).

Rather, bop is being used as an offensive term to call someone else, usually girls or women, promiscuous or a sl*t.

Given the noticeable rise in classroom misogyny which teachers recently reported, it’s perhaps no surprise that such terms are also gaining traction.

Where did the term even come from?

According to dictionary site Merriam-Webster, it’s thought to have originated from a rap song called Lala Bop.

“In 2023 a trend spread on TikTok and other social media platforms, in which people would tag users, generally young women, with lala bop, in an........

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