corny

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. Boring and unoriginal.
  2. Hackneyed or excessively sentimental.
  3. (slang) Uncool, stupid, lame.
  4. (rare) Containing corn.
  5. (obsolete) Producing corn or grain; furnished with grains of corn.
  6. (UK, obsolete, slang) Tipsy; drunk.
  7. (euphemistic) Horny (sexually aroused; experiencing sexual desire).

Frekwensie

C2
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈkɔːni/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

From Middle English corny, equivalent to corn + -y. In the "hackneyed" sense, from "corn catalogue jokes", reputedly low-quality jokes that were formerly printed in mail-order seed catalogues.

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