cosplay
[kos-pley]
- the art or practice of wearing costumes to portray characters from fiction, especially from manga, animation, and science fiction.
- a skit featuring these costumed characters.
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- to portray (a fictional character) by dressing in costume.
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- to take part in cosplay: He cosplayed as a Jedi from Star Wars.
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Origin of cosplay
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Martin was out there judging a cosplay contest as part of Courtyard by Marriott's Super Hero HQ.
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Then, after a long period off, I started again with a GoT cosplay.
Growing up, I started to attend comic conventions and to be aware of the cosplay world.
Over the course of researching the phenomenon, Simmons stumbled upon the bizarre world of Japanese cosplay.