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campy
UK /ˈkæmpi/ US /ˈkæmpi/
adj 1name 1
Definitions
adj
1
Characterized by camp or kitsch, especially when deliberate or intentional.
Stu liked to watch campy B-movie horror flicks from the 1950s, not because they scared him, but because he found them funny.
It no longer worked, culturally or financially, to be either snooty or campy about lowbrow culture; at the same time its mediation of highbrow culture no longer counted for much either.
name
1
Clipping of Campylobacter.
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