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- n. The quality of being campy
Examples
“There's even a certain campiness to the film by some measure, and even with the novel, given the time frame it takes place in.”
“Instead of seeming fresh, it has an air of common campiness.”
“The 25-year-old rocks a vintage-glam look, which manages to avoid the campiness of turning her into a Marilyn Monroe look-alike, and is seen straddling a bunny-shaped chair that strategically covers her private parts.”
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““Drag Me to Hell” walks a narrow path between campiness, sincerity, and sudden bursts of shock and “aaaah”!”
“Instead of slowing the violence down so that we can be exposed to the full savagery of the acts and the brutal men who do them, Derek robs them of any impact at all, leaving campiness that can only be fully appreciated by an exhausted 20-something unable to sleep at 2 a.m.”
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“There's just so much candy and campiness on top of it.”
“What will really take getting used to is the British-style campiness.”
“Despite researchers' intense analysis, most say they still appreciate the spectacle's campiness.”
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“That might explain the explosion of campiness and glamour overdrive on the runway.”
“WITCHES BREW: "I smell dinner," cackles the scary blind witch Emma Caulfield, wonderfully savoring the campiness of it all in the Hansel & Gretel chapter of ABC's Once Upon a Time.”
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