corny

  • 21corny — adjective informal not new, different, interesting, or surprising: My dad loves telling corny jokes. | I know it sounds corny, but I dream about her every night. cornily adverb corniness noun (U) …

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  • 22corny — corn•y [[t]ˈkɔr ni[/t]] adj. corn•i•er, corn•i•est inf Informal. old fashioned, trite, or mawkishy sentimental: corny jokes; corny music[/ex] • Etymology: 1930–35 corn′i•ly, adv. corn′i•ness, n …

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  • 23corny — I. /ˈkɔni / (say kawnee) adjective (cornier, corniest) Colloquial 1. lacking subtlety: a corny joke. 2. sentimental; mawkish and of poor quality: *Tony was also saying corny things about journalism like, It s a tough game we re in, Ian. –frank… …

  • 24corny — I. adjective (cornier; est) Date: 14th century 1. archaic tasting strongly of malt 2. of or relating to corn 3. mawkishly old fashioned ; tiresomely simple and sentimental < told corny jokes > • cornily adverb …

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  • 25corny — adj. Corny is used with these nouns: ↑joke …

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  • 26Corny — Cornell, Corny englische Kurzform von → Cornelia (Bedeutung angelehnt an einen römischen Geschlechternamen); auch ein Jungenname …

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  • 27corny — obvious humor, unsophisticated humor    The farmer said his cows are moody today. Now that is corny! …

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  • 28corny — adjective, informal most of our outdoors play was inspired by those corny TV westerns Syn: banal, trite, hackneyed, commonplace, clichéd, predictable, hoary, stereotyped, platitudinous, tired, stale, overworked, overused, well worn; mawkish …

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  • 29corny — [ˈkɔːni] adj corny stories or jokes have been told so often that they seem silly …

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  • 30Corny Thompson — No. 25 Power forward Personal information Date of birth February 5, 1960 (1960 02 05) (age&#160;51) …

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