# Camp shirt

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camp-shirt/99397>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 21, 2002, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camp-shirt/99397 "2002-03-21T20:39:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camp-shirt/99397/1 "2002-03-21T20:39:08Z")

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What is a “camp shirt”?

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**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camp-shirt/99397/2 "2002-03-21T21:04:17Z")

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Stiff cotton, button up, collar, short sleves, probably with a cuff, pocket, in ecru, or beige.

Think about a boy-scout uniform, minus the badges and the sash.

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**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camp-shirt/99397/3 "2002-03-21T21:04:23Z")

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Any sort of context this phrase can be associated with?

Perhaps it’s a shirt that’s “campy”?

Perhaps it’s a shirt with the logo of one’s summer camp?

Or maybe I’m just out of my mind…

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**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camp-shirt/99397/4 "2002-03-21T21:05:24Z")

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Crap. That would have been so much better had someone not beaten me to the punch and posted the actual answer.

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**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camp-shirt/99397/5 "2002-03-21T21:07:31Z")

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here you go:

[http://shop.store.yahoo.com/ygear/yah109.html](http://shop.store.yahoo.com/ygear/yah109.html)

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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camp-shirt/99397/6 "2002-03-22T03:45:44Z")

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Thank you!

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**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camp-shirt/99397/7 "2002-03-22T03:53:14Z")

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How about a “hairshirt?” Good R.E.M. song. Is it apparel?

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**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camp-shirt/99397/8 "2002-03-22T04:47:50Z")

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> \*Originally posted by AlbertRose \*  
> \*\*How about a “hairshirt?” Good R.E.M. song. Is it apparel? \*\*

Ah, another fan? Yes, it is, although a rather specialized type of apparel:

[The Catholic Encyclopedia](http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07113b.htm)