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something considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality. According to Susan Sontag, "The essence of Camp is its love of the unnatural: of artifice and exaggeration. And Camp is esoteric -- something of a private code, a badge of identity even, among small urban cliques." (Notes on Camp)
Campy movies: Attack of the 50-foot Woman, Plan 9 From Outer Space, The Tingler, Barbarella
Other examples: Baltimore, The National Enquirer, fake fur, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, Tiki, and polyester plaids
"I love disco precisely why everyone else seems to dislike it: disco is just so darn campy."
Other examples: Baltimore, The National Enquirer, fake fur, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, Tiki, and polyester plaids
"I love disco precisely why everyone else seems to dislike it: disco is just so darn campy."
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Get the ka-tet mug.The front right seat of a car. The seat behind the shotgun is cobain.
Comes from the Americans fascination with the Old West when the person sitting next to the coach driver carried a shotgun to fend off robbers or indians.
Shotgun is the best seat in a car because you have a dominant position and the best view without the responsibility of driving.
Comes from the Americans fascination with the Old West when the person sitting next to the coach driver carried a shotgun to fend off robbers or indians.
Shotgun is the best seat in a car because you have a dominant position and the best view without the responsibility of driving.
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Get the Bulky house mug.1. a common affliction among professional basketball and soccer players. Symptoms include excessive bling bling and meterosexuality
2. egocentrism; absorption in oneself
3. psychological and emotional centering of erotic interest and gratification on one's own body.
From the Greek myth of Narcissus, who fell in love with his own reflection.
2. egocentrism; absorption in oneself
3. psychological and emotional centering of erotic interest and gratification on one's own body.
From the Greek myth of Narcissus, who fell in love with his own reflection.
Only you can stop narcissism.
I'm always right and you're the one who's wrong. Why? Because I'm a narcissist.
I'm always right and you're the one who's wrong. Why? Because I'm a narcissist.
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