[Ads-l] Antedating of "Corny"

[Shapiro, Fred]

corny (OED, 1.c., 1932)

1931 Courier-Journal (Louisville) 1 Mar. 6/3 (ProQuest)

If a piece of music is "corny," that means it sounds out-of-date.

Fred Shapiro


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