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corny Theme: RURAL mod. having to do with simpleminded, overdrawn humor.This corny dialog has to be revised before I'll act in this play.Don't be corny. This is serious. Theme: SILLINESS mod. having to do with overdone sentiment.Harry always laughs at corny mush in a movie.The love scenes were your corny, hands-off-the-naughtyparts events, but nobody laughed.
corny Ⅰ adjective mawkish, sentimental, hackneyed US, 1932⇨ See: CORNED BEEF Ⅱ ⇨ corned beef; corny adjective deaf. Glasgow rhyming slang, reliant on Glasgow pronunciation UK: SCOTLAND, 1985
cornyTrite or overly sentimental. Oh geez, Edward has such a corny sense of humor—no one ever laughs at his jokes. corny1. mod. having to do with simple-minded, overdrawn humor. (Alludes to rural or folksy style.) This corny dialogue has to be revised before I’ll act in this play. 2. mod. having to do with overdone sentiment. The love scenes were your corny hands-off-the-naughty-parts events, but nobody laughed. |