lollipop or sucker?

old_time_girl · November 2012

I hate the word "sucker". It makes me cringe. So, to me, it's a lollipop. DH does not agree.
What say the bumpies?

tsharon · November 2012

Hahaha...I never really thought about it. I guess I use both? But lollipop is better, I have to say.

can_can · November 2012

It's a sucker

I've only heard one person call it a lollipop, and that was the russian woman who cuts DS's hair

nikknakk4 · November 2012

I call it a sucker.

ChicagoBulls · November 2012

Growing up, it's always been sucker. Lollipop is weird to me lol.

Lhyacinth888 · November 2012

Lollipop! They only thing I ever call a sucker is DH!

BartonBaby · November 2012

sucker lol

brevans02 · November 2012

Sucker; or if it's a Tootsie pop or Dumdum, we call it by brand name. But the general term I use is sucker.

CougFan · November 2012

Big, flat and round = Lollipop.

Small, ball on a stick that can fit in your mouth is a sucker.

old_time_girl · November 2012

But...but, when you say "that poor sucker" you are not talking about a sweet treat.

Dh just tried to tell me a sucker is a small "dum dum" sized one you would get at the bank drive through for your kid and a lollipop is a big one, like a Tootsie pop.
SMH.

old_time_girl · November 2012

CougFan:
Big, flat and round = Lollipop.Small, ball on a stick that can fit in your mouth is a sucker.nbsp;

Ha! Sorry. This is what DH just tried to tell me.

Casie13 · November 2012

CougFan:
Big, flat and round = Lollipop.
Small, ball on a stick that can fit in your mouth is a sucker.

This!

Fremdschamen · November 2012

Casie13:
CougFan:

Big, flat and round = Lollipop.

Small, ball on a stick that can fit in your mouth is a sucker.

This!

Yep.

cheesecakerunner · November 2012

Lollipop. But in NZ, they call all candies lollies, so it was always confusing when people asked if I wanted a lollie and I said no because what grown ass woman wants a lollipop, you know?

Murraydog · November 2012

I wll be teaching my daughter that the word is Lollipop. I can't say the other word without saying SUCKAAAAA and that just doesn't work for what you're talking about.

old_time_girl · November 2012

cheesecakerunner:
Lollipop. But in NZ, they call all candies lollies, so it was always confusing when people asked if I wanted a lollie and I said nonbsp;becausenbsp;what grown ass woman wants a lollipop, you know?

who doesn't want a lollipop???? I love me some lollipop.

SRK128 · November 2012

Lollipop in our house.

oliversmom03 · November 2012

I say lollipop.

blueandgray · November 2012

Always been a lollipop. Although I was probably 9 the last time I used the word. I'll teach DD to call it a lollipop.

elbou · November 2012

Lollipop reminds me of the creepy child-catcher character in the movie "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" so I usually call them suckers. I do agree with the previous poster who said the flat, round ones are technically lollipops, and the small, round ball on a stick are technically suckers.

fireflyz56 · November 2012

I've always called it a sucker.

Funny story: My grandmother tells of a time when she took her 3 yr old son to the grocery store one day. On the counter was a huge jar of suckers. At the time, he kept mixing up S sounds and F sounds. Well, they got up to the counter and he loudly shouted in a crowd of people, "Mom, look at all the F******ers!" She never took him shopping again, haha!

DarlingNIkki1028 · November 2012

Lollipop. I hate the word sucker too!

NativeFloridian · November 2012

I use "lollipop" but the people around me routinely use the word "sucker," and I abhor it. If it were a sucker it would be sucking you. Also, I associate the word with sucking as in "being really awful," as in, "you really suck at this," KWIM?

Besides, the song doesn't go, "Sucker, sucker, oh sucker, sucker, sucker." That just sounds dirty and wrong. It's lollipop, d@mmit.