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Recent Examples of campy
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.
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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
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Release Date: February 20, 2025
Play as ex-yakuza Goro Majima in this amazingly campy action-adventure title.
—Gabriel Zamora, PCMAG, 22 Jan. 2025
He's been portrayed as a ruthless businessman, an evil scientist, and a vain politician, while actors have played the supervillain with differing strains of campy flash and genuine menace.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 12 Apr. 2025
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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
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Release Date: February 20, 2025
Play as ex-yakuza Goro Majima in this amazingly campy action-adventure title.
—Gabriel Zamora, PCMAG, 22 Jan. 2025
He's been portrayed as a ruthless businessman, an evil scientist, and a vain politician, while actors have played the supervillain with differing strains of campy flash and genuine menace.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 12 Apr. 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
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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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Rhinestone pasties peeked out just beneath the neckline, a playful, unexpected twist that only SZA could elevate.—
Karissa Mitchell,
Essence,
30 May 2025
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This red bubble bandeau dress is playful, fun and effortlessly coquettish.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
29 May 2025
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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
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Matty’s Easter egg blue Lafayette 148 blazer and whimsical paw-print shirt by MNG act as a double agent, and her Clarks flats both enhance a deceptive shuffle and allow for covert, nimble movement.—
Fawnia Soo Hoo,
HollywoodReporter,
28 May 2025
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Punctuated by stripes and slim, knobby legs, this whimsical seating looks like something Tim Burton would dream up for your next happy hour.—
Kelly Dawson,
Architectural Digest,
28 May 2025
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This time around, Lilo and Nani’s Ohana is expanded to her witty and wise neighbor Tūtū (Amy Hill), an original character, and Nani’s easygoing crush David (Kaipo Dudoit), who is retconned here as Tūtū’s grandson.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
23 May 2025
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The film’s participants are witty, cracking jokes about on-set mics and one another.—
Alissa Wilkinson,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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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
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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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The movie seems to recoil from its own hammering dramatics, with Bryce Dessner’s score toggling uneasily between jocular blues and dour, overcompensating strings.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Campy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/campy. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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