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
Phrases like these sound like a marriage between heavy metal and LARPing — and with a certain tone, it would be funny.
From Salon ● May 2, 2022
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
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 Cory Doctorow
