Sentence:  He had a sharp wit, true enough, but also a good, healthy mountaineer's love of pure <WSD>corn</WSD>, the slapstick stuff, the in-jokes that get funnier with every repetition and never amuse anybody who wasn't there. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Something (e.g. acting, humour, music, or writing) which is deemed old-fashioned or intended to induce emotion.<ref>(url=http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=17186&dict=CALD)</ref>