corny
adjective /ˈkɔːni/
/ˈkɔːrni/
(comparative cornier, superlative corniest)
(informal)- not original; used too often to be interesting or to sound sincere
- a corny joke/song
- I know it sounds corny, but it really was love at first sight!
- Opera’s blend of corny emotion with glamour and spectacle appeals to advertisers.
- You sound like someone out of a corny film!
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCorny is used with these nouns:- joke
Word Origin1930s: from an earlier sense ‘rustic, appealing to country folk’.