n.
scrubby Australian acacia having extremely foul-smelling blossoms

shaky cam Idiom, Proverb

camel toes

the folds of the vagina revealed by tight jeans When Betty wears her old jeans you can see her camel toes.

happy camper

a person who is happy most of the time Jack's a happy camper today. He's smiling and whistling.

straw that breaks the camel

a small problem which follows other troubles that makes you lose patience and be unable to continue as before Recently she has caused many problems in this company. However, when she lost the key to the front door of the office it was the straw that broke the camel

what came over me

what happened to me, what caused me to change I couldn't remember my name. I don't know what came over me.

camarada

friend

camp

an effeminate style and mannerism affected mainly by gays, however anyone can camp it up. See camp as a row of tents.

camp as a row of tents

a catch phrase implying very camp or gay

camp it up

to overact in an affected manner

have a foot in both camps

Idiom(s): have a foot in both camps

Theme: FLEXIBILITY

to have an interest in or to support each of two opposing groups of people.
• The shop steward had been promised a promotion and so had afoot in both camps during the strike—workers and management.
• Mr. Smith has afoot in both camps in the parent-teacher dispute. He teaches math, but he has a son at the school.

break camp

Idiom(s): break camp

Theme: DEPART

to close down a campsite; to pack up and move on.
• Early this morning we broke camp and moved on northward.
• Okay, everyone. It's time to break camp. Take those tents down and fold them neatly.

shaky cam

A cinematographic address in which the camera is operated by hand, as against to actuality anchored on a mount, consistent in a jerky, ambiguous image. This is done to challenge a first-person angle or imitate what an accustomed being ability accept captured on a handheld camcorder in adjustment to actualize a faculty of captivation or heighten the faculty of excitement, terror, urgency, etc. I'm absolutely ailing of the trend in contempo abhorrence movies to accept the accomplished affair filmed in all-a-quiver cam. It isn't scary, it's aloof nauseating! It aloof acquainted like the all-a-quiver cam was a bargain way for the filmmakers to accord the documentary a faculty of authenticity. The administrator uses all-a-quiver cam to accord the admirers a glimpse into the protagonist's point of appearance during abnormally affecting scenes.Learn more: cam, shaky

shaky-cam

n. a camera, acclimated mainly in advertisements and documentaries, that is annoyed and confused consistently to actualize a faculty of excitement, urgency, or crisis. We can’t allow abundant in the way of apparel for the sequence, so we will use the shaky-cam and shoot it in dim light.

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