Probably from dialect 'lolly' (tongue) + 'pop' (slap) — a 'tongue-slapper,' describing the candy's contact with the tongue.
A flat, rounded boiled sweet on a stick.
Probably from Northern English dialect 'lolly' (tongue) + 'pop' (a slap or strike). A lollipop is etymologically a 'tongue-slapper' — something you slap against your tongue. The exact origin is uncertain but the tongue connection is widely accepted. Key roots: lolly (Northern English dialect: "tongue"), pop (English: "slap, strike").
A lollipop is a tongue-slapper. Northern English 'lolly' meant tongue (related to 'loll,' as in to let your tongue hang out), and 'pop' meant a quick strike. The image is the candy hitting or popping against the tongue. In British slang, 'lolly' later came to mean money — possibly because money and candy are