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Recent Examples of campy
The campy movie includes iconic pink and blue costumes, RuPaul, and young Melanie Lynskey.
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Ana Osorno, Them., 26 Aug. 2025
Set four years before Danny Zucko (John Travolta) and the T-Birds ruled Rydell High, the campy prequel takes viewers back to 1954 to chronicle the origin story of the school's titular girl gang and its trailblazing founders.
—James Mercadante, EW.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Howard has made all kinds of films in his illustrious career, but never one this unhinged, even campy.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
In the Royal Theater, guests can laugh and gasp along with a version of the iconic movie that’s been reimagined for the stage with more campy humor and suggestive scenes.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2025
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Ana Osorno, Them., 26 Aug. 2025
Set four years before Danny Zucko (John Travolta) and the T-Birds ruled Rydell High, the campy prequel takes viewers back to 1954 to chronicle the origin story of the school's titular girl gang and its trailblazing founders.
—James Mercadante, EW.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Howard has made all kinds of films in his illustrious career, but never one this unhinged, even campy.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
In the Royal Theater, guests can laugh and gasp along with a version of the iconic movie that’s been reimagined for the stage with more campy humor and suggestive scenes.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for campy
Adjective
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The owner, clad in a foppish costume, is throwing a fancy party filled with people who don’t feel obliged to follow the evacuation orders of some paramilitary stooge.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
13 Aug. 2025
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Her husband, the filmmaker, wears a foppish silk scarf.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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There is nothing funny about the film’s jokey title, which is just a strained metaphor.—
Caryn James,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Aug. 2025
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Despite more complicated challenges, the cast are as jokey and jovial as ever.—
Sabrina Weiss,
People.com,
21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Today, the practice has taken on a playful twist, with people reimagining themselves in royal attire for humor and novelty.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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Reeves was impressed with the script and, after meeting with Ansari in London, agreed to sign on for one of the most playful roles of his career (a scene with Rogen at a burger joint in which the angel learns to eat for the first time is an inspired bit of physical comedy).—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The absence of corruption, scandal, self-dealing and cronyism makes this a revitalizing break from real-world concerns, without in any way veering into sappy idealism.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Aug. 2025
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With a pair of catwalks jutting from the oval stage, the guys roam into the crowd, all while hitting their dance moves, and blending their upbeat pop anthems with the sappier ballads that made them into a heartthrob collective.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Picturesque downtown Bryant is full of colorful murals and sculptures that range from whimsical to meaningful.—
Jill Robbins,
Southern Living,
5 Sep. 2025
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This set of three decorative accents, available in acorns or mushrooms, is available in gold and silver, adding a natural and whimsical charm.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Also included are a selection of wise and witty quotes by Monroe herself, as well as words from scholars and admirers.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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Rolling Ray, a beloved social media trailblazer known for his witty one-liners and viral videos, has died, according to a social media post by Zeus Network.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Albee's 1962 play won a Tony Award, and would have also won a Pulitzer Prize for drama, if the prissy trustees of Columbia University hadn't overruled the jury.—
Jim Higgins,
Journal Sentinel,
24 Jan. 2023
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Some of that’s changing times, some of that is because a not-insignificant portion of W.A.S.P. fans are prissy suburbanites themselves.—
Andy O'Connor,
SPIN,
13 Jan. 2023
Adjective
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Modern American popular culture contains many jocular characters that resemble this folkloric bird, who is delightfully impervious to pain, from cartoon characters such as the Road Runner – an actual bird – to the foulmouthed, self-regenerating antihero Deadpool.—
Perin Gürel,
The Conversation,
19 Aug. 2025
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The incomprehensibility of it all, of every awful thing wreaking havoc at once, has Gus in a state of jocular shock.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
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“Campy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/campy. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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