Post by t-bob on May 7, 2019 10:02:56 GMT -5
CAMP
noun
1. something that provides sophisticated, knowing amusement, as by virtue of its being artlessly mannered or stylized, or self-consciously artificial and extravagant.
verb (used without object)
1. to speak or behave in a coquettishly playful or extravagantly theatrical manner.
adjective
1. campy: camp Hollywood musicals of the 1940s.
Quotes
Indeed the essence of Camp is its love of the unnatural: of artifice and exaggeration. -- Susan Sontag, "Notes on 'Camp'," Partisan Review, Vol. 31, No. 4, 1964 From “RuPaul’s Drag Race” to the current celebration of all things Warhol and Banksy’s self-destructing painting, Mr. Bolton sees the explosion of camp as a partial riposte to the corresponding rise of extreme conservatism and populism. -- Vanessa Friedman, "Met Costume Institute Embraces 'Camp' for 2019 Blockbuster Show," New York Times, October 9, 2018
Origin
Many explanations have been offered, but the etymology of camp "something that provides sophisticated, knowing amusement, as by virtue of its being artlessly mannered or stylized, or self-consciously artificial and extravagant" remains obscure. The term entered English in the early 1900s.
noun
1. something that provides sophisticated, knowing amusement, as by virtue of its being artlessly mannered or stylized, or self-consciously artificial and extravagant.
verb (used without object)
1. to speak or behave in a coquettishly playful or extravagantly theatrical manner.
adjective
1. campy: camp Hollywood musicals of the 1940s.
Quotes
Indeed the essence of Camp is its love of the unnatural: of artifice and exaggeration. -- Susan Sontag, "Notes on 'Camp'," Partisan Review, Vol. 31, No. 4, 1964 From “RuPaul’s Drag Race” to the current celebration of all things Warhol and Banksy’s self-destructing painting, Mr. Bolton sees the explosion of camp as a partial riposte to the corresponding rise of extreme conservatism and populism. -- Vanessa Friedman, "Met Costume Institute Embraces 'Camp' for 2019 Blockbuster Show," New York Times, October 9, 2018
Origin
Many explanations have been offered, but the etymology of camp "something that provides sophisticated, knowing amusement, as by virtue of its being artlessly mannered or stylized, or self-consciously artificial and extravagant" remains obscure. The term entered English in the early 1900s.
