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hokey

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as in cornball
tiresomely obvious and unsophisticated their father's sense of humor was hokey beyond belief and most people's endurance

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“Hokey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hokey. Accessed 27 Nov. 2022.

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