Dum Dum
Mystery flavor candy
Dum Dum is a brand of small lollipops known for their spherical shape and variety of flavors, popular as giveaways at banks, doctor's offices, and Halloween.
The name likely derives from the childish reduplication suggesting simplicity or sweetness.
Separately, dum-dum or dumdum refers to a type of expanding bullet designed to inflict maximum damage, named after Dum Dum, India, where such ammunition was manufactured.
As slang, calling someone a dum-dum means they're stupid or foolish.
- KolkataEastern Indian metropolis
- lollipopConfection on a stick
- lollipop stickRod holding hard candy
- candy wrapperConfection's outer covering
- sweet treatSugary indulgence
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