corncob

Meanings

Noun

• The central cylindrical core of an ear of corn (maize) on which the kernels are attached in rows.
• Someone who refuses to accept an obvious defeat, one who denies having been owned.

Verb

• to disintegrate by the blades becoming severed from the axis
• To defeat (someone) such that they refuse to admit.

Origin

• corn + cob. The Internet slang sense emerged from a 2011 tweet by Weird Twitter personality dril in which a man furiously denies being owned as he transforms into a corncob.