Citations:pop-open

something which pops open

 * 1965, Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry:
 * This one is called EASTOBOND M-5 hot melt adhesive. ... Pop-opens[:] One of the reasons American women so eagerly switched to the zipper from snaps, hooks and eyes, and similar female fasteners was that the zipper solved the often ...
 * 1967, Modern Packaging:
 * MOTOR OIL and your problem involves preventing petroleum product package pop-opens.
 * 1969, Package Engineering, volume 14, page 19:
 * Pop-opens have been virtually eliminated, even with the extremely short compression-set section. These advantages are typical of those gained with EASTOBOND Hot Melts. For more information, contact your Eastman representative or ...
 * 1984, Packaging:
 * Hot melts can reduce rejects and repairs because of pop-opens, and have gap-filling characteristics. Hot-melt units are not prone to high maintenance, resulting in less downtime.

a hot dog which bursts (compare ripper)

 * 2003, Lew Bryson, New York Breweries, Stackpole Books (ISBN 9780811743396)
 * I've overheard barroom and church picnic discussions of the relative merits of hot dog packers and their frankfurters that make political discussions seem halfhearted and unimportant. Do you favor skinless or “pop-opens,” white hots or red hots, foot-longs or bun-length, Nathan's of Shofar, Tobin's or Zweigle's?
 * 2007, Becky Mercuri, The Great American Hot Dog Book: Recipes and Side Dishes from Across America, Gibbs Smith (ISBN 9781423600220), page 45:
 * Both the red and white hots are marketed as "Pop-Opens" because during the cooking process, they actually grow to a pudgy size [and burst]. The company recently introduced Zweigle's Hot Dog Sauce and Zweigle's Honey Brown Mustard, and