corncob

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• /ˈkɔːn.kɒb/ non-rhotic
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• /ˈkɔɹn.kɒb/ rhotic
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• US: kôrnʹ-kŏb
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• US: /ˈkɔɹn.kɑb/
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From corn + cob. The Internet slang sense emerged from a 2011 absurdist tweet by Weird Twitter personality dril in which a man furiously denies being owned as he transforms into a corncob.

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: kalli — core of an ear of corn
• Albanian: koçan — core of an ear of corn
• Albanian: rrumb — core of an ear of corn
• Albanian: kacarrum — core of an ear of corn
• Albanian: misërishte — core of an ear of corn
• Arabic: كُوز ذُرَة (kūz ḏura) — core of an ear of corn
• Arabic: كُوز الذُرَة (kūz al-ḏura) — core of an ear of corn
• Bangi: lisangu — core of an ear of corn
• Bulgarian: кочан (kočan) — core of an ear of corn
• Catalan: panotxa — core of an ear of corn
• Catawba: kus suk — core of an ear of corn
• Danish: majskolbe — core of an ear of corn
• Finnish: lapakko — core of an ear of corn
• French: rafle — core of an ear of corn
• Galician: carozo — core of an ear of corn
• Galician: carolo — core of an ear of corn
• Galician: cañoto — core of an ear of corn
• Georgian: ტარო (ṭaro) — core of an ear of corn
• Georgian: სიმინდის ტარო (simindis ṭaro) — core of an ear of corn
• German: Maisspindel — core of an ear of corn
• Hebrew: קֶלַח (qélaẖ) — core of an ear of corn
• Hungarian: kukoricacső — core of an ear of corn
• Hungarian: kukoricacsutka — core of an ear of corn
• Icelandic: maískólfur — core of an ear of corn
• Icelandic: kólfur — core of an ear of corn
• Indonesian: tongkol jagung — core of an ear of corn
• Irish: dias — core of an ear of corn
• Italian: pannocchia — core of an ear of corn
• Italian: tutolo — core of an ear of corn
• Japanese: トウモロコシの芯 (tōmorokoshi no shin) — core of an ear of corn
• Khmer: បណ្ដូលពោត (bɑndool poot) — core of an ear of corn
• Kikuyu: mũcakwe — core of an ear of corn
• Macedonian: кочан (kočan) — core of an ear of corn
• Neapolitan: sponza — core of an ear of corn
• Norwegian: maiskolbe — core of an ear of corn
• Polish: kolba kukurydzy — core of an ear of corn
• Polish: kaczan — core of an ear of corn
• Portuguese: sabugo — core of an ear of corn
• Portuguese: espiga — core of an ear of corn
• Portuguese: maçaroca — core of an ear of corn
• Quechua: q'urunta — core of an ear of corn
• Romanian: știulete — core of an ear of corn
• Russian: сте́ржень кукуру́зного поча́тка (stérženʹ kukurúznovo počátka) — core of an ear of corn
• Serbo-Croatian: кли̑п — core of an ear of corn
• Serbo-Croatian: klȋp — core of an ear of corn
• Spanish: mazorca — core of an ear of corn
• Spanish: olote (Méx.) — core of an ear of corn
• Spanish: coronta — core of an ear of corn
• Spanish: marlo — core of an ear of corn
• Spanish: panocha — core of an ear of corn
• Spanish: tusa — core of an ear of corn
• Spanish: zuro — core of an ear of corn
• Spanish: carozo — core of an ear of corn
• Swedish: majskolv — core of an ear of corn
• Tagalog: busal — core of an ear of corn
• Tagalog: busil — core of an ear of corn
• Taos: kʼȍʼóna — core of an ear of corn
• Thai: ซังข้าวโพด — core of an ear of corn
• Turkish: koçan — core of an ear of corn
• Turkish: mısır koçanı — core of an ear of corn
• Urdu: چھلی — core of an ear of corn
• Yucatec Maya: xi'im xikin — core of an ear of corn
• Yucatec Maya: bakal — core of an ear of corn