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LARP
[ lahrp ]
noun
- live action role-playing: a fantasy role-playing game in which participants dress in costume, use props, and act out roles.
verb (used without object)
- to participate in a live action role-playing game.
LARP
/ lɑːp /
noun
- a type of role-playing game in which each participant assumes a particular character and acts out various scenarios at events which last for a predetermined time
verb
- intr to participate in such an event
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Derived Forms
- ˈLARPing, noun
- ˈLARPer, noun
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Other Words From
- LARP·er larp·er noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of LARP1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of LARP1
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Example Sentences
Looking at the roots of larp makes the hobby easier to take seriously and divorces the desire from childishness.
If the spiritual heritage of larp is ancient, its gaming roots are unapologetically modern.
Their numbers prove that larp taps into an essential desire of human nature: the desire to experience stories firsthand.
The federal government has already funded larp in the form of military simulations performed in fake towns with fake bullets.
In the U.S., hopes that larp may one day find federal funding are rising.
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