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campy
/ˈkæmpi/
adj 1name 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
musical
VERB + CAMPY
liked, watch
CAMPY + NOUN
b-movie, culture, flicks, horror, lowbrow, science-fiction
PREP.
about
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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Synonyms
adjective — providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artifi
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Idioms & Phrases
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Stu liked to watch campy B-movie horror flicks from the 1950s, not because they scared him, but because he found them funny.
Wiktionary02
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.
Wiktionary03
A campy science-fiction/horror musical whose characters include the cross-dressing mad scientist Dr. Frank-N-Furter, it had been developing a following for its Friday and Saturday midnight showings fo
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