LARP

== English == === Alternative forms === larp === Pronunciation === enPR: lärp (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /lɑːp/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /lɑɹp/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /lɐːp/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /laɹp/ (India) IPA(key): /lɑː(ɾ)p/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)p Hyphenation: LARP === Noun === LARP (countable and uncountable, plural LARPs) (games) (uncountable) Acronym of live-action roleplaying. (countable) A live action role-playing game. (figurative, derogatory) A pretension, delusion, or perverse appropriation. (Internet slang, fandom slang, derogatory) Synonym of LARPer (“someone who pretends”) ==== Translations ==== === Verb === LARP (third-person singular simple present LARPs, present participle LARPing, simple past and past participle LARPed) (games) Acronym of live-action roleplay. (slang, by extension, often derogatory) To pretend to be something, to act as something, or to delude oneself into believing to be something. (Internet slang, fandom slang, derogatory, transitive) To appropriate performatively, maliciously, or without real understanding. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== role-play role-playing role-playing game RPG ==== Descendants ==== → Russian: ла́рп (lárp) ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== chuunibyou my culture is not your costume stolen valor === Further reading === “LARP”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === ALPR