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lollipop
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ooooh! The vote is neck and neck. I used to live in Texas, where these were called suckers. And now I live in NJ, where they say lollipops and think I'm crazy when I say suckers.
To me, lollipops are the giant, swirled, coiled-rope candies-on-a-stick like this:
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I say suckers !
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Suckers.
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@Anagram: I think sucker is a south/midwest term because people call them suckers here and I call them lollipops and it usually gets me a comment on where I am from...
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lollipop. It's definitely a regional thing though, like soda and pop. I'm in NYC.
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Suckers
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@Anagram: agree with you completely!!
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@Anagram: those are suckers! That pic is a lollipop. Definitely a difference
My family is Midwestern.
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I say both. I think I say suckers more.
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@Anagram: I agree with you! Lived in MI all my life, and to me lollipops are huge, colorful and have a spirally design. I love hearing people on HB refer to "suckers" as "lollipops"--it's much more fun!!
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Lollipop!
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Both.
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Any candy with a stick is a lollipop for me. (NJ)
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I use both terms, but that particular candy I would call a sucker. Whereas something big and round (think, tootsie-pop) I would call a lollipop.
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suckers, like @Anagram the big giant ones are lollipops
I know it's regional, I drink pop too 
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Those are lollipops.
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Pops!
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@Anagram: exactly! I'm in Illinois and have your exact definition.
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Suckers!
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Lollipop, lollilop, oh oh lollipop!
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I offered some students who came in to help me some "suckers" and they were so confused.
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Suckers.
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Depends where I am or who I'm talking to!
I grew up with Suckers. Midwest thing, I guess. I'll refer to them that way with DH or our families. Same with bubbler
Everyone else who will look at me funny gets lollipop.
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I have heard of them being referred to as suckers but I always say lollipop! Suckers to me can be any candy, not just ones with sticks?
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Lollipops
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Typically lollipop, but the occasional sucker is thrown in there. So I guess we do both!
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@Anagram: Ditto on your explanation. The first pic - sucker, The round thing - lollipop
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lollipop. a sucker is not a very nice thing to call someone
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@Anagram: Yep! Another Midwesterner here who agrees with you.
Top pic = suckers
Bottom pic = lollipop -
From the south here & I say suckers for the 1st pic & lollipop for the 2nd!
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Lollipop.
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I do both. I live in SoCal, but my fam is from the Midwest.
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I'm in TX and would call the first pic suckers and the second lollipop.
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@Anagram: I've lived in Texas my whole life and still say lollipop! But when I think about it, everyone else usually says sucker...guess I'm the odd man out around here! lol
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Same as @Anagram. I'm from TN. It's interesting that so many different areas are saying suckers, but the poll is leaning towards lollipop. I wonder if it's because the demographic for HB seems to be more northern. Or if the non-Americans are affecting it.
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@mrsrain: same!
Ontario Canada here
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It's funny to me that people would use the term sucker, which around here isn't such a nice thing. And has a connotation you might not want used around children
. But it's even funnier that so many people need to reference this candy so often. I can't remember the last time I had a lollipop or talked about one!
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@ShootingStar: I work with kids, so it comes up a surprising amount. Plus, I'm pregnant and spend most of the first trimester with a preggie pop in my mouth.
My family is Midwestern.
I know it's regional, I drink pop too 
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