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Short for popped corn. By surface analysis, pop + corn.
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popcorn
Today it means: A snack food made from corn or maize kernels popped by dry heating. Full definition →
Today it means: A snack food made from corn or maize kernels popped by dry heating. Full definition →
Short for popped corn. By surface analysis, pop + corn.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.