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campy

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1. campy - Adjective

2. campy - Adjective Satellite

3. Campy - Proper noun

Meaning

providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities

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He made the characters a lot more three-dimensional. It's still a 'B' movie and it's still kinda campy. Now it's these really well-developed characters, really three-dimensional. John Leguizamo

What is with this campy fixation on all things Ronald Reagan? They talk about him the way gay people talk about Barbra Streisand. I think they want him on a stamp so they can lick his ass. I think they wanted to name airports after him so they can say, "I'm coming into Reagan!" Bill Maher

It's just a campy blast. I just want to do as little as I can and make it good, and try not to sell out. I'm sure I will, but I'm just trying to postpone it. David Spade

This film is what it is. It's a campy thriller horror movie where you go and have fun. With these types of films, you can't take it too seriously. They are what they are. Morris Chestnut

I hate it when people talk about Buffy as being campy... I hate camp, I don't enjoy dumb TV. I believe Aaron Spelling has single-handedly lowered SAT scores. Joss Whedon

they played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect Source: Internet

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