LARP

• larp

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑːp/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑɹp/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)p

LARP (plural LARPs)

1. (games) Acronym of live-action roleplaying.

LARP (third-person singular simple present LARPs, present participle LARPing, simple past and past participle LARPed)

1. (games) Acronym of live-action roleplay.
   • 2006, Ringo, John, Princess of Wands:

     “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.”

2. (slang, by extension) To pretend to be something, or act as something.
   • 2022 June 30, Anton Jäger (@AntonJaegermm), Twitter‎:

     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.

• LARPer
• parlour LARP

• role-play
• role-playing
• role-playing game
• RPG

• ALPR