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by vram22 1108 days ago
It's an older generation thing. See Pop Tate in Archie comics [1], for example; the soda fountain guy. Guessing it's probably derived from Papa, like Pa, Paw (hillbillies), etc.

("Hillbillies" not meant derogatorily.)

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archie_Comics