Today I used the word ice-lolly. My flatmate professed to having never heard the term. I quizzed him as to what he called flavoured frozen water on a stick and he told me that it's a "popsicle". While I'm familar with the word surely it's a brand name. Isn't there a non-branded generic term for this?
He claims not.

While I'm familar with the word surely it's a brand name. Isn't there a non-branded generic term for this?

Not on this side of the pond. I've heard of ice lollies before, but they are irrevocably British.

Just looking up "popsicle" quickly, I see that it is, indeed, a brand name, but I've never thought of it as anything but a generic term. I see in the Wikipedia article (there really is one) that "This article is about a particular brand of ice pop." So, I guess, officially, "ice pop" would be our equivalent to "ice lollie," but I honestly have never heard anybody refer to a popsicle as an ice pop here. Popsicle has become one of those generic terms like "Kleenex" and "Xerox," brand names almost universally used here to mean "tissue" and "photocopy."

Do they have ice lollies/pops in China, Bob?

Wordmatic

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Do they have ice lollies/pops in China, Bob?

Wordmatic

I refer you to the latest post on my blog at clickable below (My Current Blog)

"Lolly" is short for "lollipop", which also contains "pop". I've seen "lollipop" on packaging, but I don't think anyone calls them anything other than "lollies".

Silly me, I thought it was the latest inane show on The Weather Channel.

I haven't heard of ice lolly, but it's a cute term, like brolly and boot and bonnet.

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Originally posted by Kalleh:
... it's a cute term, like ... boot and bonnet.

Don't forget wings, dropheads, and gudgeons. Annnnd, they get "dampers" right; we don't. We call them "shock absorbers," which is what springs do.

Oh, and nappies.

If you get an ice lolly stuck in your throat do you lollygag?

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Oh, and nappies.

I have one on now.

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If you get an ice lolly stuck in your throat do you lollygag?

Perhaps, but if it melts, does it become an ice flow?