maizypop

English

Etymology

From maizy +‎ pop, after popcorn and perhaps lollipop.[1] Coined by its promoter Seymour W. Bonsall.[2][3][4][5]

Noun

maizypop (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, British) Popcorn (snack food), especially with molasses. [1905–1911]
    • 1906 June–November, Max Pemberton, “The Diamond Ship. […]”, in Cassell’s Magazine, Illustrated, London; Paris; New York, N.Y.; Melbourne, Vic.: Cassell and Company, Limited, →OCLC, page 101, column 1:
      So here was Timothy McShanus deserting the baked meats, to say nothing of his convenient corner in the buffet, to go out and stare at a red shepherdess with picture books and maizypop to sell.
    • 1906 July 8, Emily Soldene, “London Week by Week”, in Evening News, number 12,198, Sydney, N.S.W., published 14 July 1906, →OCLC, page 7, column 3:
      Refreshments at Hampstead diversified and mild; cockles, winkles, meat pies (miles of ’em)—coloured “Hy”talian pasty-looking little rainbows, green gooseberries shivery and sour, even to look at, ices, “Ole Tom’s” real “ole horiginal hokey,” nougat (not from Persia), maizypop, no end of drinks, active and passive, sarsaparilla, dandelion, burdock beer, ginger ale, and soft drinks of sorts; […]
    • 1911 September 23, “Arduous Pleasures (Scene New York.)”, in The Calgary Daily Herald, mail edition, 28th year, number 2987, Calgary, Alta., →OCLC, page 12, column 5:
      “[…] An American would regard the Valley of Rocks at Lynton simply as a piece of waste around[.] He would want to erect a merry-go-round and a giant wheel, and a switchback railway there, with a number of kiosks for the sale of monkey nuts, maizypop, and ice cream soda.” / “Which shows that the American has no soul?” I asked. / “Not at all,” said the professor. “It requires a soul to appreciate the pleasures of munching maizypop and riding on a scenic railway rather than lazing peacefully in the Valley of the Rocks. […]”
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:maizypop.

See also

References

  1. ^ London Chronicle (19 November 1905) “The Lollipop”, in The Sunday State Journal, 36th year, Lincoln, Neb., →OCLC, part 2, page 5, column 5: “In all probability the ‘pop’ is to be identified with ‘pap,’ infants’ food, the low German ‘zuckerpopp’ (sweetmeats) being a similarly formed word—while the ‘maizypop’ now sold in London is perhaps based on ‘lollipop.’”
  2. ^ New York Herald (29 April 1905) “London Eats ‘Maizypop.’ Demand for American Creation Is Pronounced. […]”, in The Chicago Sunday Tribune, volume LXIV, number 18, Chicago, Ill., published 30 April 1905, →ISSN, →OCLC, part III, page 1, column 4:
    The launching of the enterprise, it is claimed, has broken the record in such cases, for it took just one week to form a company, to register the trademark, and to lease a building. In the second week the finished product was being turned out under its name, ‘maizypop.’ […] S. W. Bonsall of Boston, the man who invented the traveling wardrobe and made a fortune out of it, is the prime mover in the new industry here, […]
  3. ^ United States Patent Office (11 December 1906) Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, volume CXXV, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, published 1907, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2030, column 1: “Ser[ial] No. 22,746. (CLASS 47. CONFECTIONERY.) Seymour W. Bonsall, New York, N. Y. Filed Oct. 17, 1906. MAIZYPOP Particulary description of goods.—A Candy Made of Popcorn and Molasses.”
  4. ^ “Getting Along in Old Lunnon”, in The Detroit Free Press, volume 77, number 76, Detroit, Mich., 10 December 1911, →ISSN, →OCLC, part 5, page 13, columns 4–7: “The term ‘popcorn’ meant nothing to English ears. Corn over there is called maize and the American decided to call his stuff ‘maizypop.’ There was no demand for maizypop from the start, and the owner of the enterprise determined to create one.”
  5. ^ Laura Wright (2022 December [indicated as 2023]) “Popcorn”, in The Social Life of Words: A Historical Approach (Language in Society), Hoboken, N.J.; Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley Blackwell, →ISBN, chapter 3 (The Sociolinguistics of Polysemy), page 59: “His branded white uniform, the word maizypop in big letters on the tray, and the price clearly marked, are Seymour W. Bonsall’s innovative marketing.”
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