/ (ˈlɒlɪ) / noun plural -lies. an informal word for lollipop. British short for ice lolly. British, Australian and NZ a slang word for money.
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. A conversation lolly is a sugary lolly with a conversational, often romantic, sentiment impressed into it.
British : a piece of candy. especially : hard candy. British : money.
lolly in American English
a. a piece of candy, esp. hard candy. b. a treat.
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.
'Lolly' is a New Zealand word for confectionary - British people use 'sweet' and Americans 'candy'.
LOLLIE, n. A child's word for syrup (Abd. 1900–60, a piece an lollie). [Prob. short for lollipop.
Did you know? Since the 19th century, lollygag (sometimes also spelled lallygag) has been used as a slang word to describe acts of wasting time as well as displays of affection.
The English instead refer to regular lollies as “sweets” or “sweeties”, while they're known as “candy” Stateside.
It is short for lollipop. 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.
It is said to originate in the Romany word loli, meaning red, used by gypsies to mean copper coins, and hence money in general. It is perhaps easier to derive the word from lolly, meaning sweet or candy, which itself originated in dialect with the meaning of tongue. (The sense of lollipop is later.)
Tablet (taiblet in Scots) is a medium-hard, sugary confection from Scotland. Tablet is usually made from sugar, condensed milk, and butter, which is boiled to a soft-ball stage and allowed to crystallise.
Zucchini is used by those people who speak North American and Australian English whereas courgette is used by those who speak French, British, New Zealand and South African English.
Lollies have a surprisingly long history, with evidence suggesting that as early as 2000 B.C. the people of Egypt were treating themselves with sweets.
Loli most often refers to: A young or young-looking girl character in Japanese anime and manga; subjects of the lolicon genre.
noun. British, informal. : a male crossing guard who carries a lollipop sign (see lollipop sense 3) Mrs Purcell said she is worried about the safety of pupils at Llangiwg Primary School which is set to lose its "much-loved" lollipop man.
Get familiar with some of the most common phrases before you travel: Chilly bin – the Kiwi word for Esky.
Traditionally Emos (were Eskimos) lollies or fruit puffs are used to make the New Zealand Lolly Cake. Chopped lollies are added to the base mixture, which consists of crushed plain malt biscuits combined with melted butter and sweetened condensed milk.
Red Skins will be renamed Red Ripper and Chicos will become Cheekies, with the new packaging due to appear in shops from early next year. “Nestle has an unwavering* commitment to upholding respect for our friends, neighbours and colleagues,” said Nestle general manager of confectionery Chris O'Donnell.
Australians use a couple of other colloquial words for a hen's egg. The Australian English word googie or goog is an informal term that dates from the 1880s. It derives from British dialect goggy, a child's word for an egg. A closer parallel to the jocular bum nut, however, is the word cackleberry.
chook. A domestic fowl; a chicken. Chook comes from British dialect chuck(y) 'a chicken; a fowl' which is a variant of chick. Chook is the common term for the live bird, although chook raffles, held in Australian clubs and pubs, have ready-to-cook chooks as prizes.
A bawbee was a Scottish sixpence. The word means a debased copper coin, valued at six pence Scots (equal at the time to an English half-penny), issued from the reign of James V of Scotland to the reign of William II of Scotland.
Smourich – A kiss!