Hokey
[hoh-kee] /ˈhoʊ ki/
adjective, hokier, hokiest.
1.
overly sentimental; mawkish:
Two glasses of wine and he gets unbearably hokey; it’s hard to believe he’s a highly paid executive!
Synonyms: corny, maudlin, melodramatic, cloying, goopy, mushy.
2.
obviously contrived, especially to win popular appeal or support; phony:
The hokey stories of his impoverished childhood always surface at election time.
Synonyms: fake, false, artificial, counterfeit, sham, spurious.
/ˈhəʊkɪ/
adjective (slang, mainly US & Canadian)
1.
corny; sentimental
2.
contrived; phoney
adjective
See hokie
adj.
1927, from hoke + -y (2). Related: Hokiness.
adjective
False and meretricious; very dubious; phony: hokey confections that public taste ought to repudiate/ The radio is jammed with hokey copies of US and European rock and roll songs (1927+)
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