campy
Example Sentences
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“The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show” promises to combat the world’s devastation with campy magic and mirth that only a queer interpretation of Christmas can provide.
From Los Angeles Times
Life Day has its roots in the beloved but campy and culturally questionable “Star Wars Holiday Special” as an event that originated on the Wookie home planet of Kashyyyk.
From Los Angeles Times
It’s campy, it’s cheesy, it’s way more fun than you expect it to be, but there’s a knowingness to the whole endeavor.
From Los Angeles Times
Visually, it is melodramatic, almost campy, resembling a TV promotion.
From Salon
The stories move fast, and some of the acting and plots can be both campy and racy.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.