hokey

hok·ey  (hk)

adj. hok·i·er, hok·i·est Slang

1. Mawkishly sentimental; corny.

2. Noticeably contrived; artificial.

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hoki·ly adv.

hoki·ness, hokey·ness n.

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hokey [ˈhəʊkɪ]

adj Slang chiefly US and Canadian

1. corny; sentimental

2. contrived; phoney

[from hokum]

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	hokey - effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry" kitschy, maudlin, mawkish, schmaltzy, schmalzy, bathetic, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy, mushy, drippy emotional - of more than usual emotion; "his behavior was highly emotional"
	2.	hokey - artificially formal; "that artificial humility that her husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation" stilted, artificial, contrived affected, unnatural - speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression

Translations

hokey

adj (US inf)

(= phoney) → künstlich; excuse → faul (inf); it’s hokey → das ist Quatsch

(= corny) excuse → abgedroschen; story, song → kitschig