high\ camp

high\ camp
noun slang show business
1. Kitsch, or pretentious material in bad taste that is still liked by higher class audiences.

"The Potsdam Quartet" is a play full of high camp.

2. An exaggerated movie or theater scene that loses believability.

Scarecrow and Mrs. King and Sledge Hammer are so full of high camp that no sensible people watch them anymore.


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  • high camp — see under ↑camp2 • • • Main Entry: ↑high …   Useful english dictionary

  • high camp — {n.}, {slang}, {show business} 1. Kitsch, or pretentious material in bad taste that is still liked by higher class audiences. * / The Potsdam Quartet is a play full of high camp./ 2. An exaggerated movie or theater scene that loses believability …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • high camp — {n.}, {slang}, {show business} 1. Kitsch, or pretentious material in bad taste that is still liked by higher class audiences. * / The Potsdam Quartet is a play full of high camp./ 2. An exaggerated movie or theater scene that loses believability …   Dictionary of American idioms

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  • high-camp — /haɪ ˈkæmp / (say huy kamp) adjective exaggeratedly camp in style, behaviour, etc. {high + camp2} …  

  • high camp — Synonyms and related words: Babbittry, Thalia, arlequinade, bad taste, black comedy, bourgeois taste, broad comedy, burlesque, burletta, camp, campiness, comedie bouffe, comedie larmoyante, comedie rosse, comedietta, comedy, comedy ballet, comedy …   Moby Thesaurus

  • High camp — extremely camp; over the top; outrageous …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • high camp — Australian Slang extremely camp; over the top; outrageous …   English dialects glossary

  • high camp —  n. Display (usu. artistic) of highly exaggerated nature.  See camp …   A concise dictionary of English slang

  • high — adj., n., & adv. adj. 1 a of great vertical extent (a high building). b (predic.; often in comb.) of a specified height (one inch high; water was waist high). 2 a far above ground or sea level etc. (a high altitude). b inland, esp. when raised… …   Useful english dictionary

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