corny

Meaning

Adjective

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Origin

  • 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.
  • Latin cornu.

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