Adjective, : corny jokes. ,a corny soap opera. From Dictionary.com.
The bad news is that Lee and Fields have managed to update 1950s corniness to 2000 corniness, which is still, well, corny. From Wordnik.com. [La Boheme] Reference
The corniness is a good call, I tend to picture Asimov and Heinlein as a couple of blowhards cracking wise at a Rotary meeting. From Wordnik.com. [Reading older scifi] Reference
What Alien Trespass lacks is much-needed corniness. From Wordnik.com. [Buzzine » Sci-Fi Trifecta] Reference
Pro: The show is ready to embrace its inherent corniness …. From Wordnik.com. [The CW's Other Teen Show! 90210 Returns] Reference
Gone was the corniness of the original Star Wars rip-off series. From Wordnik.com. [Is Battlestar Galactica in a Slump?] Reference
Commander Rick's deliberate corniness was the icing on the cake. From Wordnik.com. [Tube Bits For 08/13/2007] Reference
Expect lots of explosions, corniness and a boatload of Razzie nominations. From Wordnik.com. [Opening this Weekend: Meryl Streep Cooks Up Another Great Performance, Steve Zahn Becomes a Leading Man, and G.I. Joe Explodes!] Reference
But you know when the cringe-inducing corniness really starts to get noticed?. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary Has An Emotional Moment On Campaign Trail] Reference
Loved it in all of it Poseidon Adventure pastiche, despite some corniness at the end. From Wordnik.com. [REMINDER: U.S. Season Premiere of Doctor Who Tonight] Reference
I have to tell you, and forgive my corniness, I saw that number and I cried a little. From Wordnik.com. [Interview with Burlesque Legend Dee Milo] Reference
Picture that cheesy music you saw in the trailer and multiply it by corniness times 100. From Wordnik.com. [Rumor Control: No Cruise/Lautner Pairing; Muse Possibly Soundtracking Clash of the Titans | /Film] Reference
Sure, it was played for laughs but I thought most of the humor just added to the corniness. From Wordnik.com. [The Librarian] Reference
“For some reason, Chevy is the most frustrated with my sweetness and corniness,” she says. From Wordnik.com. ['Community': Get to know Yvette Nicole Brown (and how she got to know Chevy, Joel, Jude, and Gerard) | EW.com] Reference
Corny the advertisements certainly are, but corniness is hardly the full extent of the problem. From Wordnik.com. [You report: Promotional Posters for the Traditional Latin Mass] Reference
I expected corniness aplenty with this Disney feature, but the film resonates a lot more than I ever expected. From Wordnik.com. [Weekly Mishmash: December 7-13 : Scrubbles.net] Reference
Country-rock with the focus on country but none of the silliness or corniness of much of contemporary country. From Wordnik.com. [Mike Ragogna: A Special Benefit Concert : A Conversation with Dave Matthews, Grammy Bragging Rights, Plus More] Reference
I was expecting an entirely different tone, like Polanski, maybe, and the corniness really caught me off-guard. From Wordnik.com. [Coolish newish posterage] Reference
I can allow for the corniness of some of the jokes, but the rest of the dialogue felt archaic and unbelievable. From Wordnik.com. [Hallows Eve: Slaughter on Second Street (2008)] Reference
"The blue moon jumps over the purple sky," he says, a twinkle in his eye acknowledging the corniness of the process. From Wordnik.com. [THE MIND OF AN INVENTOR] Reference
Quality: Medium-High (good writing, good production values, good directing; it works if you don't mind the corniness). From Wordnik.com. [Kung Fu Night! Kill Zone] Reference
In terms of corniness, I can't be any worse than some of the condom super-hero cartoons that Planned Parenthood puts out. From Wordnik.com. [What's the Connection?: Pride in Connecticut] Reference
Then I saw some choice scenes again when I was 20, and realized that the corniness was intentional, and really hilarious. From Wordnik.com. [Wednesday, Sept. 30 – The Bleat.] Reference
I must stress however, how grateful I am for such outlets, because the Chinese fans tend to allow more cheese and corniness. From Wordnik.com. [rouflaquette Diary Entry] Reference
Still, it's hard to imagine anything gutsier for a hip jazz intellectual than to risk a little corniness in the service of beauty. From Wordnik.com. [Echo and the Bunnymen: Soul on Fire] Reference
Now using a knife, hold each corn cob over the broth and scrape the cob to get the rest of the good corniness out and into the broth. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-08-01] Reference
A match of another kind ensues (egad, what corniness, sorry). From Wordnik.com. [CBC | Top Stories News] Reference
If the show took itself too seriously, we'd chafe at its corniness. From Wordnik.com. [Salon] Reference
Even if they did, there was a prohibitive corniness factor in play. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
The corniness continues with another shamefully fun feature called the. From Wordnik.com. [GottaQuirk] Reference
A little fun isn't going to hurt anyone, but a lot of corniness makes you look silly. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Gadgets] Reference
Anywhere else, this line is almost laughable in its corniness, but with The-Dream, it works. From Wordnik.com. Reference
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