LARP
Americannoun
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live action role-playing: a fantasy role-playing game in which participants dress in costume, use props, and act out roles.
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Informal. stylized or theatrical enactment of a role, identity, conflict, or worldview.
verb (used without object)
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to participate in a live action role-playing game.
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Informal. to enact a role, identity, conflict, or worldview in a stylized or theatrical way.
noun
verb
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Etymology
Origin of LARP
First recorded in 1990–95
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It was a hit, so much so that it has essentially been re-imagined by Knott’s Berry Farm and continues to live as Ghost Town Alive, proving that mainstream audiences are, in fact, ready to LARP.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2022
The value of a well-crafted LARP, Mr. Tusk feels, lies beyond its characters and content.
From New York Times ● Sep. 3, 2015
Mr. Tusk suggested another view of the impact of LARP.
From New York Times ● Sep. 3, 2015
From Friday till Sunday, they enacted their individual roles as members of a complex society of vampires — and participants in a LARP.
From New York Times ● Sep. 3, 2015
Wretched Daylight is another LARP, rival vampire clans and vampire hunters, and it's got its own quirky rules.
From Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
It sounds a lot better than LARPing “Mad Max,” although it also sounds like a version of Neo who crawled back in the Matrix, sniveling like a scared puppy.
From Salon ● Feb. 16, 2025
This was back when LARPing had no life past Civil War reenactors, before cosplay went mainstream, before “Dungeons & Dragons,” Medieval Times restaurants and thatched-roof fantasy blockbuster movies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2024
Gibbons said Fox was engaged in live action role playing, or LARPing, not any real world conspiracy.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2022
Check out Alliance Seattle for a good place to launch your LARPing geekery.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 26, 2018
Well, at that point, LARPing got a lot less cool.
From Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
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