Definition of CAMPY

campy

Adjective Satellite

  • providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities
    • "campy Hollywood musicals of the 1940's"

Adj

  • Characterized by camp or kitsch, especially when deliberate or intentional.

Adjective

  • Deliberately exaggerated or theatrical, often for humorous or ironic effect.

Examples

  • His campy celebration after a bingo was almost as entertaining as the word itself.
  • Stu liked to watch campy B-movie horror flicks from the 1950s, not because they scared him, but because he found them funny.

Origin / Etymology

From camp (“an affected or exaggerated style”) + -y.

Synonyms

camp, corny, hammy, silly, tawdry, vulgar

Scrabble Score: 14

campy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
campy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
campy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

campy: valid Words With Friends Word