What does "campy" mean?
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From the Urban Dictionary:
- “Camp” n. or “Campy” adj. refers to intentionally exaggerated thematic or genre elements, especially in television and motion picture mediums. “Camp” style willfully over-emphasizes certain elements of the genre or theme, creating an almost self-satirical milieu. Some of the most popular examples include the James Bond films (exaggeration of espionage activities) and the original Batman series starring Adam West.
- Being so extreme that it has an amusing and perversely sophisticated appeal.
- adj. overacted or exaggerated (sometimes purposely),
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From the Partridge Dictionary of Slang:
campy adjective melodramatically and blatantly homosexual US, 1965
And from the NTC’s Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions:
camp
something cute and out-of-fashion; something of such an anachronistic style as to be intriguing.
- Camp is dull and was never interesting
- My brother thinks camp is just a joke. Nobody really knows what style camp really is, and very few even care.
over-done; out-of-fashion and intriguing.
- Most camp entertainment is pretentious and overdrawn.
- Who needs camp movies?
having to do with homosexual persons and matters.
- What a camp way of walking!
- She is so camp, I could scream!