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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WHOLE

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According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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