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CAMPY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities

Example:

campy Hollywood musicals of the 1940's

Synonyms:

camp; campy

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

tasteless (lacking aesthetic or social taste)

Derivation:

camp (something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality)

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