Lollipop
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- Lollipop (Candyman) is the title of a 1997 song by the pop-dance group Aqua, from the album Aquarium. Lollipop is also the title of a 1958 song by The Chordettes. Lollipop is also a play ground term for the soccer skill of stepping over a ball, made famous by the Brazillian footballer Denilson
A lollipop, or lolly, is a type of confectionery consisting mainly of hardened, flavoured sucrose with corn syrup mounted on a stick and intended for sucking or licking. In many regions of the United States (primarily the South and Midwest), the term "sucker" is used interchangeably with "lollipop." In these areas, the term "lollipop" is often applied to candy that is disc-shaped, while "sucker" is applied to candy that is spherical. Lollipops come in a variety of flavors from the traditional cherry, grape and orange to the more daring watermelon and green apple. With numerous companies producing lollipops, the candy now comes in dozens of flavors.
They were first commercially manufactured on a large scale in the 1920s. Some lollipops contain fillings, such as bubble gum (Blow Pops) or Tootsie Rolls (Tootsie Pops). Notable brand names include Chupa Chups and DumDums.
There is a famous question about the Tootsie Pop. The owl spokes-bird for the Tootsie Pop says that it takes three licks to get to the center of it, but proceeds to take two licks and then bites it, so the question that has plagued many a young mind still remains: How many licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a Tootsie Pop? There has been scientific study and experiments done, but no hard evidence yet. (To view the commercial that started this lighthearted controversy, see: [1]).
The term "lollipop" was first recorded in England in 1769 (Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 1973), denoting a sweetmeat consisting chiefly of sugar or treacle. The first element is perhaps related to "loll", meaning "to dangle" (the 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.
The origin of the lollipop has yet to be determined. Both Racine, Wisconsin and San Francisco, California, claim that they made the first automatic lollipop maker.
Lollipops are featured as a source of super powers in Herbie comics, in which lollipops are used for bopping, magic, and time travel.
The word "lollipop" is popular throughout many songs such as "The Good Ship Lollipop" (music by R. Whiting, words by S. Clare) and Candy Shop (rapped by 50 Cent).
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