Pronunciations (5)
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/lɑːp/
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/lɑɹp/
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- Canada
- General-American
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/lɐːp/
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- New-Zealand
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/laɹp/
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/lɑː(ɾ)p/
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- India
Noun
A live action role-playing game.
Usage- Countable
A pretension, delusion, or perverse appropriation.
Usage- Countable
- Derogatory
- Figurative
- Uncountable
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More examples (1)
LARP or not, the Femcels have a lesson for sadsack bedrotters everywhere—find a friend, hire a cracked Clateman, and start turning your cliché insecurities into corny-giddy art.
Synonym of LARPer (“someone who pretends”)
Usage- Internet
- Countable
- Derogatory
- Slang
- Uncountable
Verb
To pretend to be something, to act as something, or to delude oneself into believing to be something.
Usage- broadly
- Derogatory
- often
- Slang
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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?
To appropriate performatively, maliciously, or without real understanding.
Usage- Internet
- Derogatory
- Slang
- Transitive