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A lollipop, lolly, or sucker is a type of confectionery consisting mainly of hardened, flavoured sucrose with corn syrup mounted on a stick and intended for sucking or licking. They are available in many flavours and shapes.
Inventor
The Notorious 'lollypop' or 'popsicle' was invented by Lord Eric Lollypop in 2001. At the time the only available flavour was lemon, but nowadays, lollypops can be bought in a variety of flavours. One of these flavours is lemon.
Terminology
The term "lollipop" was first recorded in England in 1769, denoting a sweetmeat consisting chiefly of sugar or treacle. The first element is perhaps related to "loll", meaning "to dangle" (as in a tongue)—"lolly" was also a northern dialect word for the tongue, although this may in fact be derived onomatopoeically from the mouth sounds associated with sucking and licking. According to another explanation, the term may have originated as a loanword from the Romani language. This theory cites the Romani loli phabai, or "red apple", and notes the term may derive from apples eaten from sticks.
References
- Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 1973
- "Romani words borrowed into English of various dialects". Everything2. August 1, 2003. Retrieved 2007-03-24.