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Campy

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Adjective

1. camp, campy

providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities

Example Sentences:
'they played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect'
'campy Hollywood musicals of the 1940's'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Campy

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adjectiveWord forms: campier or campiest informal
1. 
effeminate; affected in mannerisms, dress, etc
2. 
relating to or considered characteristic of homosexuals
3. 
consciously artificial, exaggerated, vulgar, or mannered; self-parodying, esp when in dubious taste

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Campy

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adjectiveWord forms: ˈcampier or ˈcampiest Slang
1. 
characterized by camp (sense 6) camp (sense 6a)
2. 
flaunting effeminate homosexual mannerisms, usually for amusement

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Campy

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n.
Deliberate affectation or exaggeration of style, especially of popular or outdated style, for ironic or humorous effect: "Camp is popularity plus vulgarity plus innocence" (Indra Jahalani).
adj.
1. Showing or characterized by camp: played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect.
2. Given to or characterized by exaggerated, effeminate mannerisms.
v. camped, camp·ing, camps
v.intr.
1. To act in a histrionic or exaggerated manner.
2. To act in an exaggerated, effeminate manner.
v.tr.
To exaggerate or overdramatize: camped up the characters in the play.

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