corny

Meaning

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

Synonyms

bromidic

platitudinous

trite

old-fashioned

sentimental

platitudinal

hackneyed

hokey

horny

inferior

kitschy

Cornish

mawkish

outrageous

rustic

silly

unsophisticated

vulgar

goofy

maudlin

callous

chintzy

conservative

dainty

gooey

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɔːni/

Etymology

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.