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campy /ˈkampi /adjective (campier, campiest) informal Another word for camp2 (adjective).Certainly the Evil Dead movies are campy horror, but kind of a macho camp, if there is such a thing....- There's so much macho posturing in this book that it would be campy if there were any humour.
- His campy gay stereotype act is hilarious, especially since he drops it with a roll of his eyes whenever the smitten guards aren't watching.
Derivatives campily /ˈkampɪli / adverb ...- Lou Ferrigno snarls campily beneath a clown wig as the musclebound green monster.
- 'I called him a dirty, mortal human,' he says, campily.
- Unlike most recent comedies that campily feed off their characters' stupidities, here, despite assorted failings, no one is dumb and an easy butt for jokes.
campiness /ˈkampɪnəs / noun ...- Drama, campiness, and comedy coexist equally on-stage, resulting in a brew which is hilarious and at the same time heart-rending.
- I like the campiness that comes with doing a show that's really spastic and unpredictable, and I think it's entertaining for the audience as well.
- It's really about spreading freakiness out there, and gender play, and all that edginess and campiness, and doing it in a way it is not going to be dismissed because it's so freaky.
Rhymes scampi, vampy |