corny

adj
/ˈkɔːni/UK/ˈkɔɹni/US

Etymology

From Middle English corny, equivalent to corn (“a type of cereal or grain”) + -y. Piecewise doublet of grainy. In the "hackneyed" sense, from "corn catalogue jokes", reputedly low-quality jokes that were formerly printed in mail-order seed catalogues.

  1. derived from cornu
  2. derived from corne

Definitions

  1. Boring and unoriginal.

    • The duct tape and wire was a pretty corny solution.
  2. Hackneyed or excessively sentimental.

    • The movie was okay, but the love scene was really corny.
    • He sent a bouquet of twelve red roses and a card: "Roses are red, Violets are blue, Sugar is sweet, So are you." How corny is that?
  3. Uncool, stupid, lame.

    • Dreya shakes her head and rolls her eyes. "I'm going to bed. Y'all corny."
    • “You and your silly bitch better give me fifty feet before both y'all corny asses get slam dunked in that pool.”
    • Y'all haters corny with that Illuminati mess
  4. + 6 more definitions
    1. Containing corn.

      • Country Cornbread Muffins (page 290) / Marlene Says: The cool crunchy salad and slightly sweet corny muffins are perfect partners to the creamy, spicy black bean soup.
      • “CORNY” BREAD MUFFINS + HONEY BUTTER (GRAIN-, DAIRY-, SOY-, NIGHTSHADE-FREE) Well, making cornbread without corn is kinda tricky, but since corn is indeed a grain, “real” cornbread will not be found here.
    2. Producing corn or grain

      Producing corn or grain; furnished with grains of corn.

      • The corny ear.
    3. Tipsy

      Tipsy; drunk.

      • Yen day when aw was corney.
    4. Horny (sexually aroused

      Horny (sexually aroused; experiencing sexual desire).

    5. Having or pertaining to corns (a type of callus).

      • I had not long in open Street, / Been puniſhing my Corny Feet, […]
      • In this fine Order they proceeded, / The Grave, the Wiſe, the Bullet-headed, […] / The Craſy, Gouty, and the Corny, […]
      • E’en “Aunty Ann” her cleeky staff foregoes, / Forgets her asthma, and her corny toes; / Spreads out her petticoat, like peacock tail, / And up the dance begins to set her sail.
    6. Horny

      Horny; strong, stiff or hard like horn; resembling horn.

      • Up stood the cornie Reed.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA