camp

camp
 1. adj. Exaggerated. Affected. Effeminate.
 2. adj. Homosexual. Also camp as a row of pink tents.
 3. v. Behave in exaggerated and/or effeminate way. Usu. camp it up (often theat.).
 4. n. Behaviour of this kind. Also high camp Specially prominent behaviour of this kind.

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