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high camp

British  

noun

  1. a sophisticated form of camp 2

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"Praying for another pristine round of high camp melodrama trash from Fennell," wrote film critic Scott Clark.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2024

But then doesn’t the high camp of “The Gilded Age” mark it squarely as a comedy?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2024

Hell’s Kitchen is high camp made easier to swallow thanks to food that’s better than it needs to be.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 17, 2023

An incredible performer whose work uses high camp.

From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2022

On May 28, following two and a half months of prodigious effort, a high camp was dug tenuously into the Southeast Ridge at 27,900 feet.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

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