CAMP may stand for:
- Cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP)
- Cathelicidin, or Cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide
- Campaign Against Marijuana Planting
- Central Atlantic Magmatic Province
- CAMP (company), an Italian manufacturer of climbing equipment
- CAMP (band), a Swiss indie rock band
- CAMP-phenomenon, a diagnostic method in microbiology, named after Christie, Atkins and Munch-Petersen
- Crash Avoidance Metrics Partnership
- Center for Advanced Molecular Photovoltaics
- CAMP (software), an introspection C++ library developed by Tegesoft
Other articles related to "camp, camps":
... Camp is an aesthetic sensibility that regards something as appealing or humorous because of its ridiculousness to the viewer ... is related to kitsch, and things with camp appeal may also be described as being "cheesy" ... writer Susan Sontag's essay Notes on "Camp" (1964) emphasised its key elements as artifice, frivolity, naïve middle-class pretentiousness, and ‘shocking’ excess ...
... The words "camp" and "kitsch" are often used interchangeably both may relate to art, literature, music, or any object that carries an aesthetic value ... However, "kitsch" refers specifically to the work itself, whereas "camp" is a mode of performance ... Camp, as Susan Sontag observed, is always a way of consuming or performing culture "in quotation marks." However, Sontag also distinguishes the difference between "naive" and "deliberate ...
... of civilian prisoners had been detained by the Japanese on Luzon, mostly in internment camps scattered throughout the island ... From the guerillas and a few civilians that had escaped the camp, Vanderpool established that it was surrounded by two barbed-wire fences approximately six feet tall ... Vanderpool was informed that the camp's population consisted of American civilians in three distinct groups Protestant missionaries and their families Roman Catholic nuns and priests ...
... Camp derives from the French slang term se camper, meaning "to pose in an exaggerated fashion" ... The OED gives 1909 as the first print citation of camp as ostentatious, exaggerated, affected, theatrical effeminate or homosexual pertaining to, characteristic of ... So as a noun, ‘camp’ behaviour, mannerisms, et cetera ...
... During World War II, Tonkawa was home to Camp Tonkawa, a Prisoner of War camp ... Camp Tonkawa remained in operation from August 30, 1943 to September 1, 1945 ...
Famous quotes containing the word camp:
“Rosalynn said, “Jimmy, if we could only get Prime Minister Begin and President Sadat up here on this mountain for a few days, I believe they might consider how they could prevent another war between their countries.” That gave me the idea, and a few weeks later, I invited both men to join me for a series of private talks. In September 1978, they both came to Camp David.”
—Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.)
“Killers, huh? I’d trade the pair of you for a good Camp Fire Girl.”
—Daniel Taradash (b. 1913)
“All of us recognize the great benefits to our own nation and to the world of a strong and progressive Iran. Your support of the Camp David accords and your encouragement of the leaders who are or may be involved in consummating the peace effort would be very valuable.”
—Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.)