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(US, Canada) Something (e.g. acting, humour, music, or writing) which is deemed old-fashioned or intended to induce emotion.

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corn

IPA(Pronunciation)

/kɔːn/

Noun

Canada US uncountable

(US, Canada) Something (e.g. acting, humour, music, or writing) which is deemed old-fashioned or intended to induce emotion.

Japanese Meaning

（米国、カナダにおいて）古臭い、または感情に訴える目的で作られた（演技、ユーモア、音楽、文章など）の作品や表現

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The film's corn felt calculated, but somehow it still moved me to tears.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

その映画の陳腐な感傷は計算づくだったが、それでもなぜか私は涙を流してしまった。

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(US, Canada) Something (e.g. acting, humour, music, or writing) which is deemed old-fashioned or intended to induce emotion.

He had a sharp wit, true enough, but also a good, healthy mountaineer's love of pure corn, the slapstick stuff, the in-jokes that get funnier with every repetition and never amuse anybody who wasn't there.

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