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- 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
- The line between inappropriate and acceptable use of the n-word in . . .
I would like to understand the nuances behind the use of the word quot;nigga quot; in various situations I am Japanese and have never lived in Western countries, and I'm asking these questions pu
- 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
- single word requests - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I am looking for a word that captures when something someone looks funny or silly, but in a positive way For example when someone is putting their heart into singing but they aren't very good or t
- An adjective or noun for one who cracks lame jokes
If your “lame joker” were here looking for a word to describe people who don’t like get appreciate his her jokes, I’d perhaps suggest that they are “ humorless,” but since you got here first I’ll take you at your word that the jokes are lame and “stale or corny” enough to qualify as genuine “ groaners ” (Merriam-Webster
- 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]
- 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"
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