坎普 transliterates English 'Camp' (or German 'Kamp', Dutch 'Kemp'):
坎 (kǎn) approximates 'Cam-' and
普 (pǔ) the '-p'. As an aesthetic term it borrows from Susan Sontag's 1964 essay 'Notes on Camp' (《
关于坎普的札记》), and gained Chinese-internet currency around the 2019 Met Gala theme 'Camp: Notes on Fashion' (《
坎普：
时尚笔记》). The surname sense covers footballers (Shaun Wright-Phillips's stepdad Ian Wright's collaborator), filmmakers, etc.
