LARP
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Games Abbreviation, Acronym Acronym of live-action roleplay.
- “Which is why I'm thinking LARPer,” Griffith argued. “Goths interact with non-Goths more in LARPing than anywhere else. And there are non-Goth look people that hang with the Goths.”2006, John Ringo, Princess of Wands:
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Games Broadly, Derogatory, Often, Slang To pretend to be something, to act as something, or to delude oneself into believing to be something.
- When you think about it it really is crazy that the true sovereign of the world's imperial hegemon is basically an academic seminar in which a couple of legal scholars larp as historians all day.2022 June 30, Anton Jäger (@AntonJaegermm), Twitter:
- Harper Spiller (Aubrey Plaza): I don't know what my problem is. I just feel like— I feel like we're LARPing as rich people. Ethan Spiller (Will Sharpe): We're not LARPing. How— how are we LARPing?2022 November 6, Mike White, “Italian Dream”, in Mike White, director, The White Lotus, season 2, episode 2, via HBO:
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Games, Lifestyle Internet, Derogatory, Slang To appropriate performatively, maliciously, or without real understanding.
- Derived terms
- LARPer, larp larp larp sahur, LarpTube, parlour LARP, tradlarp
- Related terms
- role-play, role-playing, role-playing game, RPG, chuunibyou, my culture is not your costume, stolen valor