What Does Corn Pony Mean?

corn-poney [Slang] unsophisticated, cornball. Where did the word cornpone come from? 1630s, “American Indian bread,” earlier appone, ponap (1610s), from Powhatan (Algonquian) apan “something baked,” from apen “she bakes.” Later used in Southern U.S. for any type of cornbread, “especially Read more…