HyperDic: campy

English > 1 sense of the word campy:
ADJECTIVEallcampy, campproviding sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities
campy > pronunciation
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English > campy: 1 sense > adjective 1
MeaningProviding sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities.
Example "campy Hollywood musicals of the 1940's"
Synonymcamp
Broadertastelesslacking aesthetic or social taste
Catalanefeminat
Nounscampsomething that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality

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