Cornballs

The Ivy League is just an excuse to get football players for nothing and get them to be American cornballs enough to make America sick for a thousand years. ❋ Rene Meertens (2010)

Even when they hold liberal political views, they sometimes come off as reactionary cornballs, because of the way they extend our native mythology of salty, slightly cranky individualism. ❋ Unknown (2004)

He hurried back to the kitchen, too, poured the residue of the boiled molasses upon the popcorn and they made up the cornballs at once. ❋ Alice B. Emerson (N/A)

Jennie began popping corn with which to make cornballs of the taffy that could not be run into the three pans of nuts. ❋ Alice B. Emerson (N/A)

Burns and Jack Harvey; and he and Joe Warren ate more than any four others, and Young Joe, who had absconded with the most of a huge mince pie, left over from the dinner, was found afterward groaning on the kitchen sofa, and had to be dosed with ginger and peppermint, so that he could partake of cornballs and maple candy later on. ❋ Ruel Perley Smith (1903)

"Go back to campus, you new jack cornballs," one outraged commenter demanded. ❋ By DAVE ITZKOFF (2011)

On Friday, she did five events including an evening rally in which she threw cornballs into the crowd and jitterbugged with her husband, Marcus, on stage. ❋ Chris Cillizza (2011)

Back in 1985 the pop charts gave "We Are the World" male stars like Bruce Springsteen, James Ingram and Willie Nelson, and even the cornballs - Steve Perry of Journey, Kenny Loggins, Huey Lewis - could sing. ❋ By JON PARELES (2010)

We're total cornballs, we love cheesy teen romance. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I hate when guys give each other excessive dap and pounds … cornballs ❋ Unknown (2009)

i would watch it ALEXIS u guys are all cornballs the new dora is awsome. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Now that he’s been to Hawaii, this site isn’t his focus, and you cornballs are left struggling for excuses. ❋ Unknown (2007)

"Give us fellows our share of the cornballs and we'll beat it. ❋ Alice B. Emerson (N/A)

I got a Coke, two good-sized pieces of dark meat, coleslaw (three cheers for big chunky pieces that look like they were made fresh and hand-cut), corn fritters (little fried cornballs. ❋ Unknown (2009)