LARP
noun
live action role-playing: a fantasy role-playing game in which participants dress in costume, use props, and act out roles.
LARPing
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a word derived from
LARP.
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a word form of
LARP.
LARPnounlive action role-playing: a fantasy role-playing game in which participants dress in costume, use props, and act out roles.
Example Sentences
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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
But they’re people with no training, basically LARPing.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2021
In lieu of LARPing, this series seems like a decent way to watch what Luke Skywalker can do with a sword that doesn’t glow.
From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2019
The last time Charles had caught some dirt on me, it had ended with me giving up LARPing.
From Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
