Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Trite, dated, melodramatic, or mawkishly sentimental.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of the nature of corn; furnished with grains of corn.
- Producing corn; abounding with corn.
- Containing corn.
- Produced from corn; tasting strongly of corn or malt.
- Intoxicated; tipsy; corned.
- Horny; corneous; strong, stiff, or hard, like a horn.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Strong, stiff, or hard, like a horn; resembling horn.
- adjective rare Producing corn or grain; furnished with grains of corn.
- adjective rare Containing corn; tasting well of malt.
- adjective Vulgar, Eng. Tipsy.
- adjective informal overly or simplistically sentimental.
- adjective informal trite or tiresome; too weak to be effective; -- said of unsubtle attempts at humor.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Insipid ortrite . - adjective
Hackneyed or excessivelysentimental . - adjective obsolete Producing
corn orgrain ; furnished with grains of corn. - adjective Containing corn; tasting well of
malt . - adjective obsolete, UK, slang
tipsy ;drunk
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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At the state fair in Iowa, he ate what he called "corny dogs" and talked about growing up the son of a "dry-land cotton farmer" who appreciates the agricultural way of life.
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At the state fair in Iowa, he ate what he called "corny dogs" and talked about growing up the son of a "dry-land cotton farmer" who appreciates the agricultural way of life.
SFGate: Top News Stories By PHILIP ELLIOTT 2011
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At the state fair in Iowa, he ate what he called "corny dogs" and talked about growing up the son of a "dry-land cotton farmer" who appreciates the agricultural way of life.
The Seattle Times 2011
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What's really corny is that he made a show in Iraq trying to receive some recognition for the success of "Bush's war".
Biden on July Fourth: Swearing in troops, cursing 'S.O.B.' Saddam 2009
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Nicole -- The Fletcher family says that corny is a hybrid of "corn" and "carnie."
Making corny dogs at home | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2008
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Very sweet – and corny is good, in this case. xo by paris parfait
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The Temptations recorded what was described as a 'corny' version of
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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The only odor is a little bit "corny" - as it's made from corn!
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The script for Brett Ratner’s “X-Men: The Last Stand” continued this theme, offering a “cure” for mutants that stripped them of their powers, but the movie also reveled in corny dialogue and moved too fast to be very cohesive.
“X-Men Origins: Wolverine” worst of the comic book series so far » Scene-Stealers 2009
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The name is corny, but the results can turn pockmarked neighborhood streets around in a single weekend.
Al Abrams: Let's Fix LA From the Ground Up, One Pothole at a Time Al Abrams 2011
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