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cornfed

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See also: corn-fed

English

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Etymology

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From corn +‎ fed .

Adjective

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cornfed (comparative more cornfed, superlative most cornfed)

  1. (not comparable , of an animal) Fed on corn.
  2. (informal , sometimes derogatory , of a person) Sheltered; uncultured.
    • 1980 August 30, Gordon Gottlieb, "Rock Hudson: A Sphinx Without Secrets", in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 6, page 8:
      Rock's friends, his real friends, present a picture of a nice guy: a Midwestern cornfed boy who heads west to Hollywood to break into pictures
    a cornfed hillbilly
  3. (informal , of a vehicle) Running on ethanol (E85).

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