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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

kamp en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /kæmp/
  • General American, Canada, /æ/ raising
  • [kʰɛəmp] General American, Canada, /æ/ raising

Etymology

Spelling variant of camp (“homosexual”).

Meanings

  1. (Australia, not-comparable, of males) homosexual
  2. (New-Zealand, historical, not-comparable) lesbian (in Maori communities)
    • It was 1961 and the kamp girls' scene had grown larger. Many Maori had begun moving to the cities, and among them were not only many more Maori drag queens but also Maori kamp girls. 1992, Stephan Likosky, Coming Out, page 264:
    • Finally we found the Western Park, a scungy unpopular pub then, which agreed to allow kamp girls to drink there. 1990, Julia Penelope, Sarah Valentine, Finding the Lesbians: Personal Accounts from Around the World, page 74: