Gay at camp

"I'm a combination of Lucy AND Ricky."

He's extravagant in his dress, speech, mannerisms, and interests. He wears tight (often leather) pants and a blousy shirt or a crop superior that was clearly meant for a woman, often with a bandana, scarf, or kerchief tied around his neck. These will all be in shiny or pastel colors. He will often speak with a lisp and is given to flouncing, prancing, and standing with one hand on his hip as the other is flapped around or held out in a limp-wristed gesture. Sorry girls, but even though he's got this much in frequent with you, he doesn't want you.

Extreme cases will include near-opaque slang and drag. Older English examples will have characters speaking in the 20th century "gay language", Polari - some words of which have made it into the larger lexicon (e.g. "drag"). Not all characters speaking this way are necessarily camp - Captain Pe

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