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Campi vs Campy - What's the difference?

campi | campy |

As a verb campi

is .

As an adjective campy is

characterized by camp or kitsch, especially when deliberate or intentional.

campi

English

Noun

(head)
  • (nonstandard) (campus)
  • * 1894 : Stanford University, The Stanford Quad: Being the Year Book of the Junior Class of … Stanford University , p119
    • Economics major Bob Shatzen, one of two assistant financial managers, is responsible for Wilbur and Stern Halls, Freshman women, and foreign campi .
  • * 2003 : John B. Bear, Ph.D. & Mariah P. Bear, M.A., Bears’ Guide to College Degrees by Mail & Internet: 100 Accredited Schools That Offer Bachelor’s, Master’s, Doctorates, and Law Degrees by Distance Learning , p94
    • Master of Liberal Studies students complete the program by attending a total of three ten-day seminars on campi and by finishing…
  • * 2004 : Ahmed Karmouch et alii, Mobility Aware Technologies and Applications: First International Workshop, MATA 2004, Florianopólis, Brazil, October 2004 Proceedings , p37
    • …high-speed wireless communication is now available in many locations such as corporate offices, factories, shopping malls, university campi ,…

    References

    * Merriam-Webster online, American Heritage (via answers.com), MSN Encarta, Oxford English Dictionary (askoxford.com), all have no entry for campi , M-W and Oxford English Dictionary show plural of campus as campuses. ----

    campy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Characterized by camp or kitsch, especially when deliberate or intentional.
    • Stu liked to watch campy B-movie horror flicks from the 1950s, not because they scared him, but because he found them funny.

    Synonyms

    *(characterized by camp or kitsch ): camp, corny, hammy, silly, tawdry, vulgar