corncob
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corncob
- /ˈkɔːn.kɒb/
- /ˈkɔɹn.kɒb/
- /ˈkɔɹn.kɑb/ US
Where it comes from
From corn + cob. The Internet slang sense emerged from a 2011 absurdist tweet by Weird Twitter personality dril in which a man furiously denies being owned as he transforms into a corncob.
noun corncobs · corn-cob · corn · cob
- The central cylindrical core of an ear of corn (maize) on which the kernels are attached in rows. London is like a shelled corncob on the Derby day, and there is not a clerk who could raise the money to hire a saddle with an old hack under it that can sit down on his office-stool the next day without wincing.
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A yokel.
Similar: cornhusker, hayseed, bogger, bogtrotter, boor, bucolic, bydlo, culchie, carl, churl, corncob, country bumpkin
verb corncobs · corncobbing · corncobbed · corn-cob · corn
- To disintegrate by the blades becoming severed from the axis
- To defeat (someone) who then refuses to admit defeat. “Do you enjoy being corncobbed?”
Translations
Every language
noun core of an ear of corn
| Español | mazorca, olote (Méx.), coronta, marlo, panocha, tusa |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | トウモロコシの芯 tōmorokoshi no shin |
| Português | sabugo, espiga, maçaroca |
| Français | rafle |
| Deutsch | Maisspindel |
| Italiano | pannocchia, tutolo |
| Română | știulete |
| Русский | сте́ржень кукуру́зного поча́тка stérženʹ kukurúznovo počátka |
| العربية | كُوز kūz, عِرْنَاس ʕirnās, عَرْنُوس ʕarnūs, عَرْنُوص ʕarnūṣ |
| עברית | קֶלַח qélaẖ |
Talk about this word "corncob." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/corncob. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. corncob. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/corncob "corncob." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/corncob.Cite this
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title = {corncob},
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