passion pop

noun

Any very cheap, fruity sparkling wine.

Meanings

passion pop1

nounpassion pop (uncountable)

alternative passion-pop

  1. AustraliainformaluncountableAny very cheap, fruity sparkling wine.

    well... that is a bit expensive, but since its BYO you can save money by drinking passion pop.....

    1997 May 15, julian higginson, “Vault Nightclub Sydney Australia”, in aus.culture.gothic (Usenet)
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    We sit there, drinking some suburban cheap-shit passion-pop alcohol she brought, and I rub my feet on the Doorman.

    2002, Markus Zusak, The Messenger, page 38

    She must be used to pretty rough champagne if she can drink a glass of wiz and think it is champagne. Not even passion pop is that rough.

    2005 May 23, ^Temuchin^, “OT: Not all Olympians are reluctant to give urine samples”, in aus.sport.rugby-league (Usenet)

Passion Pop2

proper noun
  1. AustraliaNew ZealandA brand of sweet, fruity (especially, passionfruit-flavoured) fizzy wine, noted for being cheap and popular among teenage girls.
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    2002, Rachael Treasure, Jillaroo (published in the UK, 2008, as River Run Deep), unnumbered page, Emma sat with her rounded knees collected up to her ample chest and held her bottle of Passion Pop in her outstretched hand. ‘Come and have a drink with us, dogwoman!’ she called to Bec. Emma raised the bottle against the skyline. Rebecca smiled at them, whistled her dogs into the pens and trudged up the hill to meet them so that the three of them became silhouettes in the evening sky. Three young women, a shopping trolley and a bottle of Passion Pop.

    2011, Rosie Cintio, Odds, in University of Technology, Sydney, The Life You Chose and That Chose You: The 25th UTS Writers′ Anthology, unnumbered page, Donna had taught Chelsea how to bleach her hair without it going orange, how to insert a tampon, how to drink a whole bottle of Passion Pop without stopping.

    2011, Sally Breen, The Casuals, HarperCollins Publishers, Australia, unnumbered page, I meet Karen while watching the Melniks busk in the Queen Street Mall but we don′t really bond until some cute guy called TJ has a party in Wilston and we buy and consume four bottles of Passion Pop in less than two hours.

Origin

passion pop · noun

From the brand name Passion Pop.

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Passion Pop · proper noun

Truncation of passionfruit + pop (“fizzy drink”); a brand name originally owned by Miranda Wines, and later bought by Australian Vintage; from 1978.

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