CAMPY

camp, campy

(adjective) providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities; “they played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect”; “campy Hollywood musicals of the 1940’s”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Campy

(medicine, colloquial) Short for Campylobacter.

Etymology

Adjective

campy (comparative campier, superlative campiest)

Characterized by camp or kitsch, especially when deliberate or intentional.

Synonyms

• (characterized by camp or kitsch): camp, corny, hammy, silly, tawdry, vulgar

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

23 November 2024

THEORETICAL

(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”


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