cornball
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The music won over the suits, and the Bayou Boys soon had their own daily program, “Hayloft Hoedown,” a mix of blistering, acoustic-only live performances and manic cornball comedy skits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
This much silence from pop music’s most dramatic main character, biggest cornball and most profligate breadcrumb dropper has rattled the usual channels for all things Swift.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
For all its emotionality, the dialogue can be a little flat, a little stiff, a little cornball.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2025
But then, Cameron’s cutting-edge technophilia has always been married to, and complemented by, an unapologetic cornball classicism.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2022
"Yeah, he might not say stuff like, Jazz is a cornball," I teased, looking over her shoulder at what she was working on.
From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds
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