"Corn" as expletive?

[Wilson Gray]

  A clipped derivative of "cornsarn it," perhaps?

Stabbing in the dark,
-Wilson Gray

On Jan 16, 2005, at 8:24 PM, Paul Zebe wrote:

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> Does anyone have any knowledge about the use of "Corn" as an
> expletive?  I
> just heard a report of it being used that way in Alabama in the 1950s
> or 60s.
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> Curiously,
> Paul Zebe
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