A fork of Rural Dictionary
1) The progression of day time soaps.
2) Corny actions of seemingly normal human beings
While Bert was watching The Young and The Restless the cheese factor went through the roof.
The cheese factor is how believable a scenario is based on how many times it is used in a film or any other form of media.
Person 1: "Me and Alex kissed for the first time on the top of the bleachers at the homecoming football game."
Person 2: "As much as I'd like to believe you, the Cheese Factor of what you just said makes it sound like bullshit."