'Lollies' Not candy on a stick, simply a candy.
'Lolly' is a New Zealand word for confectionary - British people use 'sweet' and Americans 'candy'.
Aussie Word of the Week
A lolly is a sweet or piece of confectionery. Particular to Australia and New Zealand, lolly has been part of Aussie slang since the 1850s.
Why do Australians call sweets “lollies”, even when they have no sticks? According to British English from A to Zed by Norman Schur (Harper, 1991) “lolly” derives onomatopoetically for the mouth sounds associated with sucking or licking. The word “lollipop” came later.
Now that all seems fairly straight-forward, until we learn that lolly is actually the Australian word for sweets – i.e. British lollies but without the sticks. In other words, the correct translation for “Süßigkeiten” in Australia is “lollies”.
Candy. A little packaged good for your candy craving would be called “sweets” or “sweeties” in Britain.
Candy has many meanings, for example sexual intercourse or drugs ( crack,cocaine,ecstasy).
cotton candy has different names around the world in England it's called candy floss. In Australia and Finland it's called fairy floss.
Pascall lollies are the much-loved maker of the Original Pineapple Lumps, the most famous NZ candy.
Of course Australians call them 'zooper doopers'
They probably remind you of hot summer days as a kid. You may recognise them as ice pops, or associate them with a certain Mr Freeze. Or maybe you don't.
In Australia, "biscuits" are what Americans call "cookies," and these traditional treats date back to World War I. It's said that wives and mothers of soldiers in the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps—abbreviated to "Anzac"—baked these treats to send to their men overseas.
'Gob 'is the word for mouth, it belongs to slang language, it is a bit rude to use the word, like' Shut your gob'! Gob means mouth here in Australia, the UK, and NZ. It's a bit rude to say, and would be used in a phrase such as 'shut your gob!
Academically gifted student. May derive from 'Chocolate-lips' or 'Brown-nose': Ask Dave for the answer, he's a choc; You're such a choc!
The Australians and New Zealanders have retained the original name of this spun sugar candy, they call it fairy floss.
It is made and sold globally, as candy floss in the UK, Ireland, India, New Zealand (also known as grandma's hair), Sri Lanka, and South Africa; as "girls hair" in United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia; as “girl's yarn” in Egypt; and as fairy floss in Australia.
Woolworths was a New Zealand supermarket and general merchandise retail chain between 1929 and 2018. The brand was phased-out in the late 2000s. All but one store were rebranded as Countdown by 2011, with the exception in Mount Maunganui. In addition to groceries, some stores had a license to sell beer and wine.
New Zealand's Pascall Eskimos lolly has changed its name to Explorers after global pressure around the derogatory term "eskimo" in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests.
The shoe known in Australia as a "thong" is one of the oldest styles of footwear in the world.
Also, phlegm sandwich, phlegm slice. Contributor's comments: Unfortunately these were known as "Snot Blocks" in Latrobe Valley Vic in 50s. Contributor's comments: A vanilla slice has always been called a phlegm sandwich in my family.
Flip-flops are also called thongs (sometimes pluggers) in Australia, jandals (originally a trademarked name derived from "Japanese sandals") in New Zealand, and slops or plakkies in South Africa and Zimbabwe. In the Philippines, tsinelas. In India, chappal, (which traditionally referred to a leather slipper).
? Candy emoji
It is commonly used to refer to actual candy, but is also sometimes more generally used in the context of feeling hungry or having a sweet tooth. The Candy emoji ? is also used to describe people or things as metaphorically sweet.
A woman who was often perceived as a motherly figure did more than supply candies and small snacks: she stands as a pillar in the community and a figure of love, justice and protection for Black children and their parents who needs extra eyes and hands to join the village that would participate in the development of ...