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CORNINESS definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
noun the quality of being corny. Take stock of this huge stack of cheeky chat-up lines - of varying styles, effectiveness, and degrees of corniness - for ... www.collinsdictionary.com
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CORNINESS Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words
Synonyms for CORNINESS: hokiness, schmalz, hokeyness, corn, schmaltz, sentiment, sentimentality, sappiness; Antonyms of CORNINESS: cynicism, ... www.merriam-webster.com
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corniness - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
corniness (uncountable). The state or condition of being corny. 2011, Shehan Karunatilaka, Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew , Jonathan Cape, page 35:. en.wiktionary.org
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corniness colloq. (ˈkɔːnɪnɪs) [f. corny a.1 1 c + -ness.] The condition or quality of being ‘corny’ (see corny a.1 1 c).1932 Melody Maker Feb. 155/3 It is not on any grounds of technique, taste or ‘corniness’ that I make this criticism. 1934 Ibid. 19 May 9/3 The jazzy, double-stopping style is, to m... Oxford English Dictionary
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CORNY Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of CORNY is mawkishly old-fashioned : tiresomely simple and sentimental. How to use corny in a sentence. www.merriam-webster.com
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corniness - WordReference.com Dictionary of English
corniness · of or abounding in corn. · Informal Terms. old-fashioned, trite, or lacking in subtlety:corny jokes. mawkishly sentimental:a corny soap opera. www.wordreference.com
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Ghoulies
Variety wrote that the film "has a quaint corniness about it, as if it were a cheapie horror movie from the 1950s ... wikipedia.org
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CORNY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
(especially of jokes, movies, stories, etc.) showing no new ideas or too often repeated, and therefore not funny or interesting. dictionary.cambridge.org
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corniness, n. meanings, etymology and more
The earliest known use of the noun corniness is in the 1930s. OED's earliest evidence for corniness is from 1932, in the Melody Maker. corniness is formed ... www.oed.com
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What does corny mean? : r/ENGLISH - Reddit
Corny means that's extremely cliché and full of emotion in a good/bad way, in this case, the writter thinks it's quite cliché to finish a story ... www.reddit.com
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CORNY Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
adjective · old-fashioned, trite, or lacking in subtlety. corny jokes. · mawkishly sentimental. a corny soap opera. www.dictionary.com
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Synonyms of CORNINESS | Collins American English Thesaurus
Synonyms for CORNINESS: sentimentality, romanticism, nostalgia, tenderness, gush, pathos, slush, mush, schmaltz, sloppiness, … www.collinsdictionary.com
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corny
▪ I. corny, a.1 (ˈkɔːnɪ) [f. corn n.1 + -y1.] 1. Of or pertaining to corn. a. when growing or cut.1580 C'tess Pembroke Ps. lxxiv. xvi, The summers corny crowne. 1595 Markham Sir R. Grinvile ii, The earth..Boasting his cornie mantle stird with aire. 1625 Lisle Du Bartas 14 (T.) [The rain] downward ga... Oxford English Dictionary
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Family Switch movie review & film summary (2023) | Roger Ebert
Nov 30, 2023"Family Switch" is a Dad Joke of a movie, genially corny but enjoying its corniness so much that it invites us to enjoy it, too. It is a body-switching movie where a character assures everyone, "This is a completely unique and original situation that has literally never happened before," followed by a series of lightly hidden references to several other body-switching films, including ...
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Afar (album)
Consequence of Sound's Adam Kivel was especially critical of the corniness, writing that the record was highly clichéd and "lacks serious diversity", noting wikipedia.org
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