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Adjective: "containing corn"
[edit]- 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.