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AIBU?

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Original poster

To call a Magnum a lolly?

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MerryMarigold · 02/08/2023 22:05

My kids say I'm being ridiculous and it's an ice cream. I know it's made of ice cream but it's on a lolly stick therefore it's a lolly to me. Likewise a solero.

AIBU?

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TheFlis12345 · 02/08/2023 23:48

MerryMarigold · 02/08/2023 23:02

@TheFlis12345 , what are Twisters? And Soleros?

Just checked, Tesco list both of those as ice lollies.

StampOnTheGround · 02/08/2023 23:51

Magnums to me are ice creams, if anyone described them as lollies I'd be concerned!!

Seems I've got to be concerned about a lot of people on this thread 😂

MomentOnTheLips · 02/08/2023 23:52

You ABVU 😂😂😂

watcherintherye · 02/08/2023 23:56

There are two types of lolly - an ice lolly, and an ice-cream lolly. A Magnum is the latter!

Newbeginnings90 · 03/08/2023 00:14

It's a lolly, and it's an ice cream.

Let's all try to understand one another 😂

HarrietofFire · 03/08/2023 00:24

I'm from Liverpool. It's a lolly ice. Same grammatical rules as choc ice. Magnums aren't choc ices though, they're lolly ices because they've got a stick.

SirVixofVixHall · 03/08/2023 00:30

It is a choc ice on a stick.
Although a Mivvi is definitely a lolly, and that has an ice-cream middle….

Rollercoaster1920 · 03/08/2023 00:32

Is a corn dog a lolly? How about a pork chop? Is a magnum just food on a stick?
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33943760

The US love affair with food on a stick

US politicians have been photographed eating pork chops on a stick at a state fair in Iowa. What's America's obsession with food on a stick?

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33943760

QueenCamilla · 03/08/2023 00:38

This thread has brought me to realisation that "lolly" sounds like nails on chalkboard to my ears. No wonder that satan of a word is not part of my vocabulary.

Belongs somewhere with "boiled sweets" and smells like fragranced nappy bags.

Willyoujustbequiet · 03/08/2023 00:39

Of course it's a lolly. It's on a stick therefore it's a lolly.

It fits Collins dictionary definition etc and was voted the nations favourite ice lolly.

smooththecat · 03/08/2023 00:39

Does anyone else think they’ve got smaller?

smooththecat · 03/08/2023 00:40

It can be a lolly, but not an ice lolly imo. An ice lolly has to be water-based.

continentallentil · 03/08/2023 00:40

BrightGreenMoonBuggy · 02/08/2023 22:10

Only two kinds of lollies: lollipops and ice lollies. A Magnum is an ice-cream, even if it is on a stick.

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QueenCamilla · 03/08/2023 00:43

HarrietofFire · 03/08/2023 00:24

I'm from Liverpool. It's a lolly ice. Same grammatical rules as choc ice. Magnums aren't choc ices though, they're lolly ices because they've got a stick.

Surely choc ice is short for chocolate ice cream. Isn't Magnum a chocolate ice-cream? Could get away with chocolate lolly but definitely not an ice lolly?!

Titicacacandle · 03/08/2023 00:54

YABU it's an ice cream not a lolly.

OnionBhajis · 03/08/2023 10:07

If I asked for an ice lolly - I'd want an orange juice frozen or lemonade frozen Ior similar

Thise of you who call them all ice lollys how do you distinguish between ice creams and what I call ice lollys (ie frozen ice) ?! Or don't you at all!?

Frabbits · 03/08/2023 10:11

It's an ice cream on a stick.

An ice lolly is frozen flavoured water.

GameOverBoys · 03/08/2023 10:12

Fruity thing on a stick - lolly
Ice cream and fruity thing on a stick - lolly
Ice cream with chocolate on a stick - ice cream
Ice cream and chocolate not on a stick - choc ice
Collective term for a selection including different items - ice cream
So ‘mum can I have an ice cream’ includes all of the above.

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MerryMarigold · 03/08/2023 23:30

RightOnTheEdge · 02/08/2023 23:28

They are definitely a type of lolly. They are on a stick!
I don't know why everyone is going on about them not being an ice lolly when the OP never said that.

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I don't call them ice lollies. Just lollies eg. There's some lollies in the freezer.

I currently have a collection of 'hybrid' lollies in the freezer - twisters, fabs and nobbly bobblies - all of which contain milk (I believe, I will check tomorrow) and are not purely iced juices.

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LemonJuiceFromConcentrate · 03/08/2023 23:41

Totally surprised by this thread. It feels really wrong to me to call anything moulded onto a stick ‘an ice cream’. I would actually call a Magnum an ice lolly; it just happens to be the ice cream type of ice lolly.

If I said I wanted ‘an ice cream’ I would be thinking of an ice-cream cone, or some scoops of ice cream from a tub. I wouldn’t be wanting a Magnum or similar.

never really thought about it before but didn’t know I was so unusual!

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