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
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of LARP
First recorded in 1990–95
Example Sentences
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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
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
Mr. Tusk suggested another view of the impact of LARP.
From New York Times ● Sep. 3, 2015
The value of a well-crafted LARP, Mr. Tusk feels, lies beyond its characters and content.
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 Doctorow, Cory
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
There is a fine line between aesthetic “cores” and straight up live-action role-playing, or LARPing — another subculture.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2021
This story may have started as an especially loony version of live action role play, or LARPing.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2021
Check out Alliance Seattle for a good place to launch your LARPing geekery.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 26, 2018
I don't know why Charles's parents sent him LARPing.
From Little Brother by Doctorow, Cory
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