What three-syllable word was combined with the word icicle to coin the word popsicle?
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Answer:
lollypop
The name popsicle was coined as a trademark in 1923 by Frank
Epperson of Oakland, California. He coined it by contracting the phrase lollypop
icicle.
The OED's first citation for the term is from its 1923 patent application: "Trade-mark ‘Popsicle’. Particular description of goods. — Lollypops. Claims use since May 28, 1923."(Source: U.S. Patent Office Official Gazette, 25 Sept. 1923)
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Too easy for me, since i've spent time in England, where that confection is know as an "ice lolly."
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And in Britain they used the other syllables... in Britain, a Popsicle is called an Ice Lolly.
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