Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
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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