Citations:corny

English citations of corny

Adjective: "containing corn"

• 2014, Nancy Vienneau, The Third Thursday Community Potluck Cookbook: Recipes and Stories to Celebrate the Bounty of the Moment, Nelson Books, Thomas Nelson, page 180:

  There are cornbread recipes, and there are cornbread recipes. This one absolutely sings. Based on her daddy’s, and then her sister’s, beloved skillet-made bread, Maggie’s own recipe developed over time. It’s more about method, she says, but using stone-ground cornmeal and whole buttermilk are just as important. And a hot, seasoned cast-iron skillet is a must. What emerges is a rich “corny” bread, an almost melting soft interior encased in a ridiculously toothsome crust.

Adjective: "(AAVE, slang) uncool, stupid, lame"

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• 2002, Janet McDonald, Chill Wind, unnumbered page:

  Teesha wasn't impressed. “Y'all corny. That ain't how you s'pose to do it, Ai—you just look like a druggie. You have to be freaky-deaky, buck-eyed, and nervous. I'll be the nurse. Good afternoon, Aisha. What be the trouble today?”

• 2010, Nikki Carter, Not A Good Look, page 221:

  Dreya shakes her head and rolls her eyes. "I'm going to bed. Y'all corny."

• 2011, Nikki Carter, On the Flip Side, page 127:

  "Dang, Mystique be putting chicks out! Fired her? What did she say about you that was that bad? I mean, y'all corny as what anyway."

• 2013, Amir Abrams, The Girl of His Dreams, page 79:

  I don't care what these crab-cake hoes and corny busters around here think about me, so it is what it is.

• 2014, Niobia Bryant, Never Keeping Secrets, page 69:

  “You and your silly bitch better give me fifty feet before both y'all corny asses get slam dunked in that pool.”

• 2016, Beyoncé, "Formation", Lemonade:

  Y'all haters corny with that Illuminati mess

• 2019, Ivelisse Rodriguez, Love War Stories, unnumbered page:

  Veronica pays attention to Cassandra, but she strains her ears to hear the other girls. Then she very softly hears, "Corny bitches."

• 2021, Quiara Alegría Hudes, My Broken Language: A Memoir, page 55:

  We'd sit in some sexy manner as the boys rode up to us and asked what bands we liked. "Menudo," Tiny called out. "Guns N' Roses," I shouted. "Corny bitches!" they yelled back, popping wheelings in their wake.