different between campy vs dampy
campy
English
Etymology
From camp (“an affected or exaggerated style”) +? -y.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?kæmpi/
Adjective
campy (comparative campier, superlative campiest)
- Characterized by camp or kitsch, especially when deliberate or intentional.
- Stu liked to watch campy B-movie horror flicks from the 1950s, not because they scared him, but because he found them funny.
Synonyms
- (characterized by camp or kitsch): camp, corny, hammy, silly, tawdry, vulgar
Derived terms
- uncampy
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dampy
English
Alternative forms
- dampie
Etymology
damp +? -y
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?dæmpi/
Adjective
dampy (comparative more dampy, superlative most dampy)
- (obsolete) Somewhat damp.
- (obsolete) Dejected; gloomy; sorrowful.
- Dispel dampy thoughts.
- 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 7 (1876 reprint)[1]:
- For, in the easy Vale if she be set below, no
- What is she but obscure ? and her more dampy shade
- And covert, but a den for beasts of ravin made
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