Comparative form of corny; more hackneyed, trite, or overly sentimental than something else.
Comparative form of 'corny,' from corn meaning something simple or rural, evolved to mean 'unsophisticated' or 'overly sentimental.' The -er suffix creates the comparative degree.
Comedy writers fear making jokes that are 'corny'—but the word itself comes from corn being seen as simple, rural, and old-fashioned entertainment!
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