Equivalent to "corny"? Any suggestions?
Gasan Gusejnov
gusejnov at GOOGLEMAIL.COM
Mon Jul 26 17:47:14 UTC 2010
a person younger than 40 would probably judge the phrase about "golden silk"
as слишком пафосную, 45+ perhaps as слащавую (банальная or избитая are
perhaps too bookish for corny)
On 25 July 2010 16:53, Mark Kingdom <k2kingdom at gmail.com> wrote:
> "Your hair is like golden silk?" Dude, you wrote that to her? That's so
> corny.
>
> So, the meaning of corny I have in mind is "old-fashioned, and
> embarrassingly uncool."
> But I'm having a heck of a time finding a Russian equivalent. Any
> suggestions?
>
> Thanks to all in advance!
>
> Mark
>
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