Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who behaves in a mawkish or unsophisticated manner.
- adjective Mawkish or unsophisticated; corny.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A ball made of popped corn, cemented with white of eggs, and sweetened with molasses or sugar.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective same as
corny{5} . - noun a corn ball.
- noun informal a person who is corny; one who is overly sentimental.
- noun informal an unsophisticated person; a country bumpkin.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun US, informal An
unsophisticated person. - noun Something excessively
corny .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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'cornball'-'There's another one of Disney's saccharine things.'
MousePlanet 2009
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All I twittered, I said, 'cornball' - I wasn't talking about homie at all, "Brown explained.
Black Entertainment : Black News : Urban News : Hip Hop News - EURweb.com 2009
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Like the time you teamed up with Texas right wing fanatic John "cornball" Cornyn on a proposal that would eliminate prepaid cell phones and hence protect the nation from the bad guys.
Randy Credico: Congratulations Chuck! You've Knocked Me Off the Democratic Primary Ballot 2010
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It's not my intent to leave you with some kind of cornball cliff hanger this week, but I have to because at this point, we just don't know.
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It's not my intent to leave you with some kind of cornball cliff hanger this week, but I have to because at this point, we just don't know.
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B singer posted the word "cornball" on his Twitter. com blog as the rapper accepted his trophy for Best Male Hip-Hop Artist at the 23 November (09) ceremony.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Bureau News 2010
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B singer posted the word "cornball" on his Twitter. com blog as the rapper accepted his trophy for Best Male Hip-Hop Artist at the 23 November (09) ceremony.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Bureau News 2010
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This is a mean-spirited mess, the kind of cornball By Connie Adair, National PostJanuary 30, 2010 3: 05 AM ARMOUR HEIGHTS 61B York Downs Dr. (Bathurst Street and Sheppard Avenue) Asking price: $1. 799-million Taxes: n/a Bedrooms: 5+1
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This is a mean-spirited mess, the kind of cornball By Connie Adair, National PostJanuary 30, 2010 3: 05 AM ARMOUR HEIGHTS 61B York Downs Dr. (Bathurst Street and Sheppard Avenue) Asking price: $1. 799-million Taxes: n/a Bedrooms: 5+1
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This is a mean-spirited mess, the kind of cornball By Connie Adair, National PostJanuary 30, 2010 3: 05 AM ARMOUR HEIGHTS 61B York Downs Dr. (Bathurst Street and Sheppard Avenue) Asking price: $1. 799-million Taxes: n/a Bedrooms: 5+1
yarb commented on the word cornball
Can't believe hernesheir or ruzuzu hasn't included this on some panoptical corn-themed list.
June 8, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word cornball
Done.
June 8, 2011
yarb commented on the word cornball
Ridiculous. Every potential wordie list, etc.
June 8, 2011
sionnach commented on the word cornball
Read this in a font with bad kerning and it sounds like the start of a well-known Christmas carol.
June 8, 2011
yarb commented on the word cornball
O cornball ye faithful?
June 8, 2011
reesetee commented on the word cornball
And here I was thinking "Silent Cornballs."
June 9, 2011
hernesheir commented on the word cornball
In the abrupt jargon of railroad telegraphy, cornball stood for the phrase "will not be confirmed". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013