Definitions
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- adjective Characterized by
camp orkitsch , especially whendeliberate orintentional .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities
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Examples
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It kind of looked like a scene from Saved by the Bell when the gang worked at the beach club — everyone in campy gear, coming together to watch two people they might not even know, duke it out in the Pacific.
'90210' recap: A new face and a new friendship | EW.com 2009
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Drew: I’m right there with you on Matrix Reloaded – campy is the word.
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That whole zombie element really ruined a lot of the show for me because you have this realistic historical adventure/drama interspersed with what can only be described as a campy horror cliché.
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It was so campy, which is obviously not what they meant.
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The voice acting can be described as campy more than scary, and the audio is not as clear as modern games.
Ars Technica Ben Kuchera 2011
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The voice acting can be described as campy more than scary, and the audio is not as clear as modern games.
Ars Technica Ben Kuchera 2011
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Yes, Runaways is a fun book, packed with humour and action, but it also is not campy, which is exactly what penciller Humberto Ramos is doing.
comicbookbin.com 2008
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Partners in Crime was kind of campy and Gridlock, I agree was just bad.
"We never did a bad episode?" RTD says about DW. oh_she_knows 2009
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Bianca sucks. and the level of "campy" bad overacting by Tyra is insane.
Taking the boot off 2009
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The Godfather inspired WAY MORE "campy" stuff since it came out.
The Dark Knight Currently Ranked #1 on IMDb's Top 250!! « FirstShowing.net 2008
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