Idiom
camp as a row of tents
Meaning
Very camp, highly campy.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“His outfit for the party is camp as a row of tents.”
“The actor wore a bright, feathered costume that was camp as a row of tents.”
“The performance was intentionally exaggerated and camp as a row of tents, delighting the audience with its bold, theatrical flair.”
Examples
simple
“His outfit for the party is camp as a row of tents.”
contextual
“The actor wore a bright, feathered costume that was camp as a row of tents.”
complex
“The performance was intentionally exaggerated and camp as a row of tents, delighting the audience with its bold, theatrical flair.”
Origin
Derived from a pun on the homonymy of the term camp, suggesting a visual and linguistic alignment between the state of being ostentatious and the orderly arrangement of a military bivouac.
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