"The word kabuki is believed to derive from the verb kabuku, meaning
"to lean" or "to be out of the ordinary", kabuki can be interpreted as
"avant-garde" or "bizarre" theatre. The expression kabukimono
referred originally to those who were bizarrely dressed and swaggered
on a street."

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/us...u30rlxoyqkVsTA

Yep - an apt description.