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the campy flamboyance of her costume almost guaranteed she'd win the masquerade pageant
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And yet some of the greatest art and laughter and silliness and flamboyance and creativity really came out of that pain, as a response to that pain, and out of necessity.
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Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 19 Nov. 2025
DaCosta films it all with a ferociously cinematic flamboyance, banishing any charges of staginess.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
In his book, Allen cites several historical and scientific manuscripts from the 1800s that indicate flamboyances of hundreds to thousands were seen in the Everglades, Florida Bay and the Florida Keys.
—Jerome Lorenz, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2025
Borrowing from the flamboyance of the New Romantics, the edginess of punks and the melancholic themes in their music, goth makeup was dark, vampiric, and vaguely dangerous—an aesthetic music fans copied when gathering at goth haunts like the Batcave in London.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 8 Oct. 2025
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Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 19 Nov. 2025
DaCosta films it all with a ferociously cinematic flamboyance, banishing any charges of staginess.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
In his book, Allen cites several historical and scientific manuscripts from the 1800s that indicate flamboyances of hundreds to thousands were seen in the Everglades, Florida Bay and the Florida Keys.
—Jerome Lorenz, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2025
Borrowing from the flamboyance of the New Romantics, the edginess of punks and the melancholic themes in their music, goth makeup was dark, vampiric, and vaguely dangerous—an aesthetic music fans copied when gathering at goth haunts like the Batcave in London.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 8 Oct. 2025
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“Flamboyance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flamboyance. Accessed 23 Dec. 2025.
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flamboyance
noun
flam·boy·ance
flam-ˈbȯi-ən(t)s 
: the quality or state of being flamboyant
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