Noun
Initialism of non-player character. A person with no ability to think for themselves; a sheeple (originally referring to opponents of US President Donald Trump).
Usage- Internet
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Several months ago, users on 4chan and Reddit, the online message forums, started using the term NPC to refer to liberals. These people, they said, join the anti-Trump crowd not because they are led by independent thought or conscience to oppose President Trump’s policies, but because they’re brainwashed sheep who have been conditioned to parrot left-wing orthodoxy, in the manner of a scripted character.
While watching the VOD later, xQc insinuated that Fortnite pro Bucke was an "NPC" who was only there to defend Tate and not give Piker a fair shot – and what resulted afterward has caused quite a stir in its own right.
Verb
To act as an NPC (“non-player character”) in a game.
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All characters wish to submit to the game must be either netural or good even though the group will have to interact with evil beings as well. To preserve the group from being totally dark and paranoid, I will NPC the evil characters.
[in a deleted scene, one of the signs used by the homeless Q*bert gang reads as follows] "will npc in fps 4 food!"
Noun
an agency that serves as the focal point for all Intelligence Community activities related to nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their missile delivery systems
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