camp

camp |kamp | informal

adjective

  • Deliberately exaggerated and theatrical in style, typically for humorous effect: the movie seems more camp than shocking or gruesome. 
  • (of a man or his manner) ostentatiously and extravagantly effeminate: a heavily made-up and highly camp actor.

noun

  • Deliberately exaggerated and theatrical behaviour or style: Hollywood camp.

verb [no object] (of a man)

  • Behave in an ostentatiously effeminate way: he camped it up a bit for the cameras.

ORIGIN early 20th century: of unknown origin.

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