corny

corny

Trite or overly sentimental. Oh geez, Edward has such a corny sense of humor—no one ever laughs at his jokes.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

corny

1. mod. having to do with simple-minded, overdrawn humor. (Alludes to rural or folksy style.) This corny dialogue has to be revised before I’ll act in this play.
2. mod. having to do with overdone sentiment. The love scenes were your corny hands-off-the-naughty-parts events, but nobody laughed.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • beetlebrain
  • cabbagehead
  • dinghead
  • dipwad
  • blockhead
  • dimwit
  • chowderhead
  • chuck a dummy
  • call Ruth
References in periodicals archive
'' Ross and Demelza were putting the corny into Cornish
Poldark, BBC1 ***** There was []
Kevin Rhodes, 41, who plays Corny Collins and lives in Killingworth, is a software test analyst for Virgin Money in Gosforth but is no stranger to treading the boards.
Be upstanding for 60s show; Hit musical Hairspray arrives in the Toon this week, writes What's On Editor GORDON BARR
Pulled with a good bang and packed with corny jokes, facts and trivia.
Christmas crackers on test..
'' '' I'm getting in the mood for Xmas with some corny jokes
Spence Macdonald The radio presenter writes for the Daily Post; OPINION
Pop Corny ranked as the App Store's #1 Game in France, Greece, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates and Jordan.
Successful Independent iOS Game Pop Corny Comes to Android on July 15, 2012
It sounds corny, but St Pauli have done almost as much for modern football as Barca.
PICK OF THE DAY; Return of St Pauli welcome
Four in ten admit they deliver a corny line on a regular basis to try to get a date with a girl, and more than eight per cent think they would have more success with the ladies if they used chat-up lines more often.ome other chat up lines:
Chat-up lines are the way to a woman's heart
The Big Society sounds corny I know, but Liverpool has been chosen for funding from the government so grab it because voluntary work is better than no work and I promise you, it is good for you.
Phil's right, volunteer; You Say Email:letters@liverpoolecho.co.uk
It starts off with Land of Hope and Glory, ends with My Way and in between has all her wartime hits plus a vast array of corny, sloppy, romantic, wonderful hits from the 40s and 50s.
Wonder of music; MAILBAG
Corny aroma, like an American lager, not the Saaz spice we were expecting.
Mama's Little Yella Pils
I don't usually get too affected when I'm filming, and I know it sounds really corny, but there was so much talent on that set and everyone was just working their socks off."
Red Riding Channel 4, 9pm; THURSDAY 12 March 2009
Tracy is aching to appear on The Corny Collins Show.
A good hair day; John Travolta as you've never seen him before in the feelgood film of the year The Big Movie HAIRSPRAY (PG) VERDICT: *****
When the national tour of "Hairspray," the intentionally wacky Broadway musical, lands in town next week, that will be Mallon on stage playing the key role of Corny Collins.
Play sets integration to music
Her disguise succeeds in fooling Adrian, the young man hired to be the tutor for Rosalind (known to him as Ross) and her cousin Corny, until Rosalind is confused by her strange feelings for Adrian and the flirtation she can't control--Adrian is confused as well!
Johnston, Julie. A very fine line