yuriythebest  +  534840 Mon, 30 Jun 08 08:28 PM I'm thinking about the lolly pop /ice cream thingy but with a wooden stick, so how come popcycle is not a word? yuriythebest Joined on Mon, Jun 30 2008 New Member 02

	Grammar Geek  +  534842 Mon, 30 Jun 08 08:31 PM Hello yuriythebest, and welcome to English Forums. The word you're looking for is popsicle. It's actually not ice cream on a stick, but more like flavored ice. Regardless, it's refreshing on a hot summer day, if you can lick fast enough that it doesn't melt all over your hand! http://www.icecreamusa.com/popsicle/   Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,655 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!

	Philip  +  534912 Mon, 30 Jun 08 11:22 PM It gets the second half of the word from icicle (frozen water), not from something like bicycle,  'pop' being a casual word for cold flavored drink Philip Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Veteran Member 8,733 At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen