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Posted by Roy L. Fuchs on 12/23/05 15:15
On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 14:13:43 GMT, spam@uce.gov (Bob) Gave us:
>On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 22:16:44 GMT, Roy L. Fuchs
><roylfuchs@ufargingicehole.org> wrote:
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>>>droll: having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality
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>> OMG, you're right! That is the exact opposite meaning I had given
>>it.
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>> I guess even Fred Flintstone used it incorrectly on Barney as well!
>> That's seems to be where I garnered my assumed meaning from.
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>> Wow... wonders never cease.
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>Look up the word "camp". In the US it means
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>camp: something so outrageously artificial, affected, inappropriate,
>or out-of-date as to be considered amusing; something self-consciously
>exaggerated or theatrical.
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>However that is not its root meaning, which is used in Britain (gay
>capital of the world):
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>camp: exaggerated effeminate mannerisms exhibited especially by
>homosexuals; a homosexual displaying camp
Wow..
Campy... and Campy... It never sunk in, until now.
Those bloody bastards! :-]
I just used it when I went down into the hills of Kentucky to be
with God and nature. Beautiful area, The Red River Gorge. Around 150
arches in the woods. Gotta hike to them all.
In Utah's Land of the Arches, one can do a 360 in one spot and see 30
arches. In KY, you gotta go buy a topo map, and go find the things.
Great experience!
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