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Recent Examples of campy
In a remarkable act of creation spurred on by the space race between America and the Soviet Union, science fiction television shows in the 1960s confidently came of age, emerging from campy low-budget offerings of space commandos amid cardboard sets and sparking rockets to more sophisticated fare.
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Jeff Spry, Space.com, 11 Mar. 2025
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The Bottom Line Overly reliant on campy antics.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2025
Below, Rees-Jones and his fellow executive producer Mike Cotton answer all our burning questions — from whether the cast signs NDAs and whether Britney knew about Danielle to how those campy before-bed montages come about.
—Emily Longeretta, Variety, 27 Feb. 2025
Who could ever have guessed that Charli XCX’s messiest, most vulnerable album yet would see her ride to the greatest success of her career, 15 years in, or that Chappell Roan’s unabashedly campy approach to pop could take her all the way to the top of the charts?
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 3 Feb. 2025
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Jeff Spry, Space.com, 11 Mar. 2025
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The Bottom Line Overly reliant on campy antics.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2025
Below, Rees-Jones and his fellow executive producer Mike Cotton answer all our burning questions — from whether the cast signs NDAs and whether Britney knew about Danielle to how those campy before-bed montages come about.
—Emily Longeretta, Variety, 27 Feb. 2025
Who could ever have guessed that Charli XCX’s messiest, most vulnerable album yet would see her ride to the greatest success of her career, 15 years in, or that Chappell Roan’s unabashedly campy approach to pop could take her all the way to the top of the charts?
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for campy
Adjective
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Her husband, the filmmaker, wears a foppish silk scarf.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
19 Mar. 2025
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And then that version of Nosferatu fell apart, and Bill was cast in The Northman as this sort of foppish cousin of Alexander Skarsgård.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
14 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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This is a straight-up revenge saga, with Statham as a father out to wreak havoc on the men who killed his teenage son, and the movie, after a jokey stage-setting intro, mostly eschews Ritchie’s usual quips and one-liners.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
27 May 2025
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It’s packed with curling memorabilia and jokey artifacts: pin badges, curling stone statues, a Worst End trophy (complete with protruding horse’s butt), strategy whiteboards, and a sign revealing the Scottish Curler’s Grace.—
Tim Chester,
AFAR Media,
16 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Gillet and Kubinyi highlight that dogs, too, tend to become more playful, explorative and relaxed in the presence of their owners.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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The brown leather exterior means it can be dressed up with office clothes while its size and woven design are playful enough to work with casual looks like Birkenstocks, a tee, and loose jeans.—
Clint Davis,
People.com,
6 June 2025
Adjective
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Without succumbing to a sappy ending, Reza makes a strong case for valuing relationships over intellectual homogeneity — an outlook that can feel either naïve or hopeful in polarizing times.—
Emily McClanathan,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2025
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This has reflected neither sappy altruism nor cynical neoimperialism but an understanding that in the modern world, economics and security need to be handled at something beyond the national level.—
Gideon Rose,
Foreign Affairs,
8 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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In their first cover, for the June 16, 2025, issue, Aoki celebrates the animal’s playful and whimsical nature.—
Françoise Mouly,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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That track was light, whimsical, and, at only a minute and a half, brief.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
9 June 2025
Adjective
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Adding witty sayings to the leaves of handheld fans, Knighten wanted to make a statement with her products in a fun and unique way.—
Ruth Etiesit Samuel,
Essence,
4 June 2025
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This bold, witty new play follows two sets of Armenian Americans: one man fighting for legal recognition in the 1920s, while a century later, his descendant fights for followers and a competent glam team.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
3 June 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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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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Indeed, comments immediately arose among fans — some jocular, some serious — that Starkey might be in line to take over in the Foos for Freese.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
18 May 2025
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“Campy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/campy. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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