what does campy mean?
CAMPY as ADJECTIVE
- Meaning
- providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities
Synonym(s)
Usage Example(s)
- they played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect
- campy Hollywood musicals of the 1940′’s
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