larp

noun

1. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable)Acronym of live-action roleplaying.
2. (countable)A live action role-playing game.
3. (countable, derogatory, figuratively, uncountable)A pretension.
4. (alt-of, countable, uncountable)Alternative letter-case form of LARP (“live-action roleplay”).

verb

1. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of)Acronym of live-action roleplay.

   ““Which is why I'm thinking LARPer,” Griffith argued. “Goths interact with non-Goths more in LARPing than anywhere else. And there are non-Goth look people that hang with the Goths.””

2. (broadly, derogatory, often, slang)To pretend to be something, to act as something, or to delude oneself into believing to be something.

   “When you think about it it really is crazy that the true sovereign of the world's imperial hegemon is basically an academic seminar in which a couple of legal scholars larp as historians all day.”

   “Harper Spiller (Aubrey Plaza): I don't know what my problem is. I just feel like— I feel like we're LARPing as rich people. Ethan Spiller (Will Sharpe): We're not LARPing. How— how are we LARPing?”

3. (Internet, derogatory, slang, transitive)To appropriate performatively, maliciously, or without real understanding.
4. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of LARP (“live-action roleplay”).