Pop punk

To be pop punk you have to be chill as frick.

You listen to real friends, wonder years, man overboard, being as an ocean, title fight, brand new, neck deep, la dispute, etc.
Most pop punk people say "stay posi" and eat pizza.

Person 1: Did you see that girl?

Person 2: yeah man, she's so pop punk!

by Nippleweed December 10, 2013

pop punk

A contradictory term used to give the effect of feeling cool while listening to pop

"I hope Limp Bizkit is on MTV today..."

by Ro0ke December 10, 2002

pop punk

An oxymoron. Pop music and punk music are complete opposites, making the term "pop punk" a worthless gimmick of a musical genre.

kid 1- hey man, i just love pop punk so much.
kid 2- wtf are you talking about?
kid 1- sum 41 is the best band ever, they're so pop punk.
kid 2- *hits kid 1*

by cowxcore August 8, 2007

pop punk

a bunch of mediocre white men in their 30s still writing songs about high school and kissing underage girls.

person A: what are you listening to?

Person B: Blink-182. They’re my favorite pop punk band

by twoheadedmother September 28, 2021

pop-punk

the biggest oxymoron of the 21st century

Pop-punk? But I thoug punk was supposed to be anti-mainstream?

by ThroatSlit April 25, 2006

pop-punk

Pop punk music is usually more melodic and cleaner-sounding than the original punk rock music. Bands such as New Found Glory, Sum 41, Good Charlotte, Yellowcard, Simple Plan and Fall Out Boy have refined pop punk into a form which stresses strong melody and varied rhythms. Lyrics would prety much be the same the only difference would be in the style of singing and also the music. PUNK rockers would tend to sing at a much fatster pace whereas POP-PUNK rockers are melodic and would tend to be slow and much more clearer.

***** One more very important thing, please DONOT listen to all these people in here trying to tell what Pop-Punk genre is all about as most of them donot know shyt about PUNK. They consider Bad Religion & NOFX Pop-Punk. I mean they are the Godfathers of hardcore PUNK ROCK and even a deaf person can tell they are most certainly not POP-PUNK. I had a good laugh when these so called 'smart people' tried to categorize NOFX and Bad Religion into Pop-Punk. Go listen to them first and then decide for yourself.

Bands like New Found Glory, Sum 41, Good Charlotte, Yellowcard, Simple Plan and Fall Out Boy are POP-PUNK.

Bands like NOFX, Bad Religion, Sex Pistols, The Clash, Sham69 and Rancid are all PUNK.

by The PunK Kid August 14, 2006

Pop-punk

A style of rock characterized by a fast tempo, melodic vocals, and "juvenile" subject matter (although some later pop punk delves into deeper lyrical topics). The style was formed in the late 80's when bands began combining an early punk guitar style and lyrics with cleaner vocals, two and three part harmonies, and prominent hooks. This style is much more melodic, but still high energy and sometimes moshable. Depending on the subgenre, bands can exhibit varying degrees of hardcore punk, emo, and post-hardcore influences as well. Pop punk bands such as Green Day and Blink-182 went on to develop more alternative influenced sounds with their later albums, while bands like All Time Low nearly abandoned the punk aspect of the music, instead going for a more pop-based, radio-friendly sound.

Fan #1: "Hey, did you hear about that pop-punk show going on tonight?"

Fan #2: "Yeah man, let's go skate around outside the venue and then pogo to some sweet tunes!"

by Plus55 January 5, 2011