Mushy mawkish (inf) |
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Like many dad jokes |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Feb 2024 |
Hackneyed |
The Times Concise |
15 Oct 2023 |
Like sigh-inducing jokes |
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Trite, as jokes |
Newsday |
27 Sep 2023 |
Like bad puns |
Universal |
12 Jul 2023 |
Like a cliched joke |
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Hokey |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Feb 2023 |
Like sigh-inducing jokes |
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Unoriginal |
Canadiana |
12 Sep 2022 |
Like many dad jokes |
Wall Street Journal |
19 May 2022 |
Groan-eliciting, as a joke |
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Old-fashioned, as humor |
Newsday |
20 Mar 2022 |
Like many dad jokes |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Dec 2021 |
Like a cliched joke |
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Clichéd |
LA Times Daily |
10 Sep 2021 |
Clichéd |
The Washington Post |
10 Sep 2021 |
Like an eyeroll-inducing joke |
USA Today |
31 Aug 2021 |
Like dad jokes |
USA Today |
24 Aug 2021 |
Old-fashioned seamen, with modest exterior |
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Like dad jokes |
Wall Street Journal |
15 May 2021 |
Not subtle, as jokes go |
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"That's so ___!," response to a sentimental joke |
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Over-sentimental |
The Times Concise |
15 May 2020 |
Like bad jokes in Cape or New York? |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 Nov 2019 |
Old and stale (informal) |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 Nov 2019 |
Like an awful 43-Across |
USA Today |
05 Oct 2019 |
Like dad jokes |
The Washington Post |
28 May 2019 |
Like dad jokes |
LA Times Daily |
28 May 2019 |
Like most 'dad jokes' |
USA Today |
15 Apr 2019 |
Like dad jokes |
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Like an awful 43-Across |
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Trite, sentimental |
The Times Concise |
13 Aug 2018 |
Like terrible puns |
USA Today |
19 Jul 2018 |
Hokey |
Thomas Joseph |
30 May 2018 |
Cliché-ridden |
Newsday |
14 Jan 2018 |
Like terrible puns |
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Like groaner humor |
New York Times |
18 Oct 2017 |
Like many bar jokes |
The Washington Post |
14 Apr 2017 |
Like many bar jokes |
LA Times Daily |
14 Apr 2017 |
Like grandpa's jokes, probably |
LA Times Daily |
20 Feb 2017 |
Trite, as jokes |
Newsday |
12 Feb 2017 |
Like grandpa's jokes, probably |
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Like many bar jokes |
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Like groaner humor |
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Like many vaudeville comics |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Dec 2016 |
Cheesy |
The Telegraph Quick |
21 Dec 2016 |
Old-fashioned, as humor |
Newsday |
18 Sep 2016 |
Unfunny due to 64 Down |
Newsday |
14 Aug 2016 |
Mawkishly sentimental |
Newsday |
24 Jul 2016 |
Like a Kansan's trite joke? |
Universal |
20 Jun 2016 |
Like groaners |
New York Times |
29 May 2016 |
Like many knock-knock jokes |
LA Times Daily |
13 Apr 2016 |
Like a Kansan's trite joke? |
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Like groaners |
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Like some bad jokes |
Family Time |
20 Dec 2015 |
Over-sentimental; trite |
The Times Concise |
12 Aug 2015 |
Naval commander unknown to be so trite |
The Times Cryptic |
26 Jan 2015 |
Like some awful jokes |
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Like many puns |
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Far from side-splitting |
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Trite, as a joke |
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Banal |
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Not subtle, as humor |
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Unsophisticated |
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Trite, joke-wise |
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Hardly scintillating |
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Like most "Hee Haw" jokes |
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Like "Hee Haw" humor |
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Lame, as a joke |
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Groanworthy, as a joke |
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Banal |
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Groanworthy, as a joke |
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Like a trite joke |
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Unsophisticated |
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Too earnest and old-school |
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Hokey |
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Clichéd |
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Groan-inducing, maybe |
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Lame, as a joke |
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Clichéd |
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Like some sorry jokes |
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Not very innovative |
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Like some groaners |
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Like some bad jokes |
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Mawkish |
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Like some groaners |
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Like some bad jokes |
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Unsophisticated, as humor |
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Hokey, as a joke |
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Like a stale joke |
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Mawkish |
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Like the joke about the Iowa farmer? |
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Like Kansas in August? |
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Hackneyed |
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See 35-Down |
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Like many an old joke |
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Like some jokes |
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Hardly sophisticated |
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Trite |
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Like some old jokes |
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Tiresomely unsubtle |
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Groan-inducing, perhaps |
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Like Kansas? |
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Hardly sophisticated |
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Jokes, sometimes |
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Tiresomely unsubtle |
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Like Kansas in August |
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Like a stale joke |
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Like some humor |
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Mawkishly sentimental |
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Like Kansas in August |
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Lacking in subtlety |
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Mawkishly sentimental |
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Trite, joke-wise |
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Like painful area on foot, provoking weeping? |
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Trite |
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Like a trite joke |
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Trite and mawkish |
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Lacking subtlety |
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Like Kansas in August |
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Like an old joke |
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Old-fashioned informally |
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Vaudevillian, in a way |
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Predictable, as humor goes |
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Joke style |
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Hokey |
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Trite |
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Like Kansas in August? |
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Like "Hee Haw" humor |
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Trite |
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Mawkish |
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Square |
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Like many a joke |
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Hackneyed |
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Full of clichés |
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Like this puzzle? |
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Like some oaters |
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Cliché-ridden |
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Like some jokes |
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Word for some jokes |
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Trite: Colloq. |
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Trite: Informal. |
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Banal: Slang. |
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Like Kansas in August. |
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Banal: Colloq. |
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Certainly not camp. |
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Unsophisticated: Slang. |
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Trite: Slang. |
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Not hip. |
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Hackneyed: Slang. |
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Trite and tiresome. |
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Tiresomely trite. |
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Trite with age: Slang. |
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Sentimental: Slang. |
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Trite. |
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Old-fashioned: Slang. |
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Outworn, trite: Colloq. |
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Tiresomely unsubtle |
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