as in rustical
tiresomely obvious and unsophisticated the comedian's cornpone wisecracks were old even in the days of vaudeville

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Adjective
  • There’s a fair share of cornball dialogue in Cornelius Uliano and Bryan Schulz’s screenplay, as well as an excess of reassuring schmaltz at the fadeout.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Another scream for this bad, unabashedly cornball line.
    Evan Minsker, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2024
Adjective
  • The Farm is a rustic-chic fitness and wellness retreat in Castilian Springs, Tennessee, just 45 minutes from Nashville.
    Emily Longeretta, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Top 5 Can’t Miss Book a lakefront stay at Wander the Resort, where sleek cottages and private beachfront access redefine rustic luxury.
    Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Cattle—even corn-fed ones—tend to spend much of their life on pasture eating grass, which leads to a lot of methane burps, but growing that grass is not carbon intensive.
    Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Never underestimate a corn-fed basic from Hockeytown.
    Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2023
Adjective
  • Surrounded by a bunch of big, hokey hooks from veterans and newcomers of the pop-country elite—Daris Rucker, Luke Combs, Thomas Rhett—and an army of songwriters, BigX goes through the ups and downs of a broken heart.
    Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The actual reveal was hokey and preposterous.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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“Cornpone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cornpone. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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