maizypop

noun

1. Popcorn (snack food), especially with molasses.

   obsolete, uncountable

   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.

Where it comes from

From maizy + pop, after popcorn and perhaps lollipop. Coined by its promoter Seymour W. Bonsall.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry maizypop (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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