Definitions
Wiktionary
- adj. Characterized by camp or kitsch, especially when deliberate or intentional.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities
Examples
“It kind of looked like a scene from Saved by the Bell when the gang worked at the beach club — everyone in campy gear, coming together to watch two people they might not even know, duke it out in the Pacific.”
“Drew: I’m right there with you on Matrix Reloaded – campy is the word.”
“That whole zombie element really ruined a lot of the show for me because you have this realistic historical adventure/drama interspersed with what can only be described as a campy horror cliché.”
“It was so campy, which is obviously not what they meant.”
“The voice acting can be described as campy more than scary, and the audio is not as clear as modern games.”
“Yes, Runaways is a fun book, packed with humour and action, but it also is not campy, which is exactly what penciller Humberto Ramos is doing.”
“Partners in Crime was kind of campy and Gridlock, I agree was just bad.”
“Bianca sucks. and the level of "campy" bad overacting by Tyra is insane.”
“The Godfather inspired WAY MORE "campy" stuff since it came out.”
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“As far as "campy" films 'success in the box office — I'm a little surprised that they'd make this with Speed Racer doing so poorly.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘campy’.
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EN-HU - important words for a HU inte...
Words only (I left out the expressions) from Geza Kerenyi's EN-HU interpreters' dictionary. Most of them pose some difficulty when interpreted between HU and EN in either or both directions.
abalone, abrasive, abstractionist, abstruse, abysmal, academia, accessibility, accessible, acclimate, accolade, accompanist, achiever and 1469 more...
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Camp
I'll bring the bug spray and the waterproof matches.
camp, camping, camper, campylobacter, Jane Campion, campy, campesino, Camp David, campfire, camptown, scamp, Hello Muddah, Hel... and 88 more...
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Things from my memory
nigger baby, mexican jumping bean, puddle jumper, mood ring, pet rock, cat scratch fever, taxman, hippie, vaseline, argyrol, mercurchrome, methiolade and 655 more...
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Words of the Day
glabella, chirotony, nook-shotten, crapehanger, filemot, swirlie, egosurf, lexiphanicism, Ruritanian, stichometry, chrononaut, faldstool and 2014 more...
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little light in the loafers
merman, divine, sassafras, jockstrap, milquetoast, defrocked, poppycock, murse, fabulous, ab fab, panache, gild the lily and 51 more...
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