- Etymology of corny - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Why do we call dull, old-fashioned or banal things corny? As in corny movie scenes or corny jokes; not, vegetable or corn related characteristics This blog article I found on Google suggests it
- What do you call a word that follows a punchline or a practical joke . . .
Popular culture often has people use a specific kind of word to capitalize on a joke they've just told, or a prank they've pulled on someone Examples of such exclamations would include hey-oh that
- A formal way to say I dont want to sound too cocky. . .
To say the same thing, you can say I hope it won't be considered presumptuous to say this, but or I don't want to sound presumptuous, but Synonyms that you can substitute here for presumptuous are impertinent, overconfident, arrogant, bold, insolent, impudent, and of course the less formal sounding "cocky" To sound deferential, but not say precisely the same thing, you could say When I
- Is there an idiom or typical expression for an unfunny joke?
The phrase lame joke is broadly used to describe (idiomatic) An attempt at humor which is perceived to have been used previously to the point of being cliche, or was never funny to begin with You could use "His joke was lame", "His joke was not even funny" or "His joke was corny " [Wiktionary, Merriam-Webster Learner's Dicitionary]
- What is the word for thinking a joke is both funny and bad (groan . . .
Hello, user149431, and welcome to English Language Usage "Corny" is a very apt word to suggest, in my opinion—but to distinguish your answer from the one that rintaun submitted four years ago (suggesting both "corny" and "cheesy"), you might consider adding a relevant dictionary definition for the word corny to your answer
- Is there a negative word for an overt display of emotion?
I've explained that corny, tacky and cheesy actually refer to insincerity and cheapness, much to their surprise, but now I'm wondering if there is such a word the means what they thought other people were referring to Is there a word that to negatively describe an overt display of sincere (ie not mawkish, contrived or exaggerated) emotion?
- translation - A word for a joke so poorly told and so unfunny that one . . .
The OP's explanation indicates that it includes bad telling of the joke messing up the joke, which doesn't really fit under "corny joke"
- Does using the word crony necessitate a negative connotation?
The pejorative sense of the word seems to have become dominant in recent years When I was growing up, the word "crony" was a mildly humorous term to describe one's close friends (of the beer buddy ilk)
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