different between campy vs slapstick

English

Etymology

From camp (“an affected or exaggerated style”) +? -y.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?kæmpi/

Adjective

campy (comparative campier, superlative campiest)

1. 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

English

Alternative forms

• slap-stick

Etymology

slap +? stick, calque of Italian batacchio. The pair of sticks was used by the comic character Harlequin in the commedia dell'arte.

Noun

slapstick (countable and uncountable, plural slapsticks)

2. (uncountable) A style of humor focusing on physical comedy, such as slipping on a banana peel, and with foolish characters who get into humiliating situations.
3. (countable) A pair of sticks attached at one end and used to create a slapping sound effect, used especially in slapstick comedy; a type of clapper.

Synonyms

• physical comedy

Derived terms

• slapsticker
• slapstickery

Translations

Anagrams

• plasticks

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English slapstick.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?slæpstik/, [?s?læps?t?ik]
• Syllabification: slap?stick

Noun

slapstick

1. slapstick (physical comedy)

Declension

Compounds

• slapstickelokuva
• slapstickkomedia

Spanish

Noun

slapstick m (uncountable)

1. slapstick