Corny vs Icecream - What's the difference?
corny | icecream |
Insipid or trite.
Hackneyed or excessively sentimental.
(obsolete) Producing corn or grain; furnished with grains of corn.
* Prior
Containing corn; tasting well of malt.
* Chaucer
(obsolete, UK, slang) tipsy; drunk
(obsolete) Strong, stiff, or hard, like a horn; resembling horn.
* Milton
As an adjective corny
is insipid or trite or corny can be (obsolete) strong, stiff, or hard, like a horn; resembling horn.As a noun icecream is
.corny
English
Etymology 1
; in the "hackneyed" sense, from "corn catalogue jokes", reputedly low-quality jokes that were formerly printed in mail-order seed catalogues.Adjective
(er)- The duct tape and wire were a pretty corny solution.
- The movie was okay, but the love scene was really corny .
- He sent a bouquet of twelve red roses and a card: "Roses are red, Violets are blue, Sugar is sweet, And so are you." How corny is that!
- The corny ear.
- A draught of moist and corny ale.
- (Forby)
Synonyms
* (hackneyed or excessively sentimental) kitsch, kitschy, cheesyEtymology 2
(etyl) (lena) .Adjective
(en adjective)- Up stood the corny reed.