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high camp

high camp noun: a sophisticated form of camp (campiness), which may display good talent and skill.

Noun

high camp (uncountable)

  1. (attributive, often) A sophisticated form of camp (campiness), which may display good talent and skill.
    • But rather than drawing on extant rich stories about female superheroes, contemporary comic-based movies either downplay their powers and their personalities or rewrite them as trashy high camp.2008 September 19, Ta-Nehisi Coates, quoting Alyssa Rosenberg, “Why is Hollywood ignoring She-Hulk?”, in The Atlantic
    • A “tropical melodrama” is how the marketing materials bill “The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão.” If that sounds about the most high-camp subgenre ever devised, Karim Aïnouz’s ravishing period saga lives up to the description […]2019 May 25, Guy Lodge, “Film Review: ‘The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão’”, in Variety
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see high, camp.

Proper noun capitalized: High Camp

High Camp

  1. A locality in the Shire of Mitchell, central Victoria, Australia.

Questions about high camp

What does high camp mean?
High camp means a sophisticated form of camp (campiness), which may display good talent and skill.
What part of speech is high camp?
High camp can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near high camp in the dictionary

  1. High Bridge
  2. High Brooms
  3. high button shoe
  4. high button shoes
  5. high C
  6. high camp
  7. high card
  8. high cards
  9. high center
  10. high centered
  11. high centering

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