# Cornfielded? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 2, 2023, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornfielded/991010 "2023-10-02T14:43:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cincinnatus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cincinnatus/32/7990_2.png) [@cincinnatus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cincinnatus)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornfielded/991010/1 "2023-10-02T14:43:24Z")
The thread on the Michigan coach phone call said “New Troll cornfielded. Thank you for your patience.” What is cornfielded? Does it mean the thread is closed? These “in” terms sometimes befuddle me. It may be common to you more urbane posters, but I’m not one of them 🙂 Help. Does is mean the thread is closed? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornfielded/991010/2 "2023-10-02T14:44:27Z")
[Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-unwanted-phone-sex/989984/68) is open or at least should be. I removed the troll’s posts and the replies to the troll. * * * * * * I verified, the thread is open. I had it closed for 6 minutes to extract the troll. **Cornfielding** is an old reference to moving the posts from the public part of the forum to a hidden area. It references a famous Twilight Zone episode; [It's a Good Life (The Twilight Zone) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_a_Good_Life_(The_Twilight_Zone)) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornfielded/991010/3 "2023-10-02T14:47:18Z")
It’s a reference to _The Twilight Zone_ episode ‘It’s A Good Life’ (Season 3, Episode 8, 1961). A young boy has godlike powers. He changes small animals into hideous monsters, then wishes them in to the cornfield when he’s done playing with them. People get cornfielded too. ETA: Ninja’d by **What\_Exit**. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornfielded/991010/4 "2023-10-02T14:48:10Z")
The term is a reference to an episode of the original Twilight Zone which was an adaptation of a short story. A young boy becomes a tyrant who had mental powers. He takes people who anger him and transports them to be buried in a cornfield. It’s slang for make something disappear. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornfielded/991010/5 "2023-10-02T14:50:32Z")
It is very dated now, but this Glossary of Terms is a good resource, especially for older threads. > [@Beginner's Guide to Glossary of Terms on Straight Dope Message Boards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beginners-guide-to-glossary-of-terms-on-straight-dope-message-boards/307442): > > There are a number of terms commonly used on the Straight Dope Message Boards, that are basically “in-jokes” or references. There are several threads listing such, I have tried to compile them all into one post here. If anyone has additions or corrections, please email me – I’m going to keep this locked, so it doesn’t become too long and rambling, but remains fairly focused and easy to use. I have taken these descriptions from various threads and posts by various members. This thread isn’t upda… > [@Beginner's Guide to Glossary of Terms on Straight Dope Message Boards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beginners-guide-to-glossary-of-terms-on-straight-dope-message-boards/307442/1): > > **Cornfield** – Posts that are deleted or hidden from view are often said to be wished away to the cornfield, or cornfielded. The phrase comes from the old Twilight Zone episode “It’s A Good Life”. ---
**Author:** ![cincinnatus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cincinnatus/32/7990_2.png) [@cincinnatus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cincinnatus)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornfielded/991010/6 "2023-10-02T14:51:04Z")
Thanks, I have, in fact, done what you explained is cornfielding, I just never knew the term. I was partner and chief admin for a moderate sized forum and had to do a lot of cornfielding. Thanks for getting that poster tossed. I knew on reading his first post that he was trouble. You probably did, too, but had to give he some rope. Thanks for you efforts. Yours is generally a thankless job. Tony ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornfielded/991010/7 "2023-10-02T14:52:30Z")
Actually, 2 posters flagged his trolling. Otherwise it might of been quite a while before I or another Mod found him as he was only posting in a single thread. Reporting Trolls is very helpful. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornfielded/991010/8 "2023-10-02T14:54:01Z")
I just had a horrible thought. Thinking of the ‘identify this sci-fi book’ thread, there was a recent discussion about a mysterious hole that people started throwing trash into. In huge volumes. One day, _the trash started coming back._ What if one day we login to find the journey to the cornfield **was round trip?** ---
**Author:** ![cincinnatus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cincinnatus/32/7990_2.png) [@cincinnatus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cincinnatus)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornfielded/991010/9 "2023-10-02T14:54:07Z")
Ya know? I didn’t think of reporting him or her. I’ll have to be more away in the future. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornfielded/991010/10 "2023-10-02T15:01:56Z")
> [@Pork\_Rind](#): > > a mysterious hole that people started throwing trash into. Was it down at the quarry? ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornfielded/991010/11 "2023-10-02T16:20:49Z")
> [@cincinnatus](#): > > The thread on the Michigan coach phone call said “New Troll cornfielded. Thank you for your patience.” > > What is cornfielded? Does it mean the thread is closed? These “in” terms sometimes befuddle me. It may be common to you more urbane posters, but I’m not one of them 🙂 Help. > > Does is mean the thread is closed? i think more than a few non-muricans / non-native-english-speakers struggle with those in-phrases … cornfielding? dogwhistling? gaslighting? etc … ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornfielded/991010/12 "2023-10-02T19:16:37Z")
> [@Al128](#): > > i think more than a few non-muricans / non-native-english-speakers struggle with those in-phrases … Cornfielding is a sci-fi reference and specific to internet forums, so could be a little obscure. But [gaslighting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaslighting#In_politics)? It [gained popularity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaslighting#In_popular_culture) post #MeToo. And [dogwhistling isn’t some exotic concept either](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_whistle_(politics)). They’re hardly in-group phrases, they’re part of the general lexicon. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornfielded/991010/13 "2023-10-04T14:00:25Z")
I think the past tense of cornfield should be cornfeld, not cornfielded. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2023, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornfielded/991010/14 "2023-10-04T14:37:19Z")
Maybe cornholed? 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2023, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornfielded/991010/15 "2023-10-04T14:40:25Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > I think the past tense of cornfield should be cornfeld, not cornfielded. Then if you used a highlighter in the past to highlight a passage, was the passage highlit? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2023, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornfielded/991010/16 "2023-10-04T14:42:14Z")
Speaking of cornfielding, I got an email notification that I’d been mentioned in a thread. I clicked on the link, and… the thread had been sent to the cornfield. > [@LSLGuy](#): > > Maybe cornholed? 😁 Where I grew up, ‘cornhole’ had the meaning you imply. Up here, ‘cornhole’ a game we called ‘bean bag toss’ in SoCal. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2023, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornfielded/991010/17 "2023-10-04T14:42:40Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > > [@Moriarty](#): > > > > I think the past tense of cornfield should be cornfeld, not cornfielded. > > Then if you used a highlighter in the past to highlight a passage, was the passage highlit? I would enthusiastically vote in favor of both changes. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2023, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornfielded/991010/18 "2023-10-04T15:07:41Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Where I grew up, ‘cornhole’ had the meaning you imply. Up here, ‘cornhole’ a game we called ‘bean bag toss’ in SoCal. I lived in the Midwest for 20 years. I’m well aware of “bean bag toss” by that name. But was roundly mystified the first time I heard it by that name. Probably much as you were. Unrelated to the above: Last night there were two rapidly developing threads, one self-immolation in the Pit and here in ATMB a whine by the same OP about their subsequent treatment in the Pit thread. Both of which are cornholed this morning. Which is a shame because that Pit thread included my absolute nastiest shotgun blast to the face of my 20 years here. And now I can’t even refer back to it to admire my handiwork. Someone in cornhole-land can probably enjoy it. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2023, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornfielded/991010/19 "2023-10-04T15:15:09Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I lived in the Midwest for 20 years. I’m well aware of “bean bag toss” by that name. But was roundly mystified the first time I heard it by that name. While I’m aware of the term out here in MN, it still makes me blink when I hear it on the news, said with a straight face. It also gives me pause to see it listed on ESPN as “American Cornhole Championship Tournament”. My sniggering 15-year-old self just can’t help it. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2023, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornfielded/991010/20 "2023-10-04T15:20:33Z")
My favorite mention of the sport of Cornholing on the 'Dope: > [@When something strikes you as funny and you just cannot stop laughing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-something-strikes-you-as-funny-and-you-just-cannot-stop-laughing/987338/34): > > We took a group of high school kids on a mission trip right after Hurricane Katrina to rebuild flood-damaged houses. Stayed Saturday night in a church basement in less-than-urban Tennessee. We felt obligated to attend their service the next morning… where the pastor made a big deal of their cornholing. None of us yanks had heard the term used for anything G-rated. We could NOT stop laughing (silently, but the back pew we were in was shaking). It didn’t help that the old men in the church were… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornfielded/991010.md?page=2)