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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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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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