larp

plural larps

1. countableuncountableAlternative letter-case form of LARP (“live-action roleplay”).

present singular third person larps · participle present larping · participle past larped · past larped

1. Alternative letter-case form of LARP (“live-action roleplay”).

plural LARPs · alternative larp

1. abbreviationacronymuncountablegamesAcronym of live-action roleplaying.
2. countablegamesA live action role-playing game.
3. InternetcountablederogatoryfigurativelyuncountableA pretension, delusion, or perverse appropriation.

   You know what's crazier than $39 trillion in debt? Paying a pre-GFC premium to fund a LARP and all you'll get is a brand new GFC.

   2026 May 14, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Twitter

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   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.

   2026 February 4, Kieran Press-Reynolds, “The Femcels: I Have to Get Hotter Album Review”, in Pitchfork, archived from the original on 05 Feb 2026

4. InternetcountablederogatoryslanguncountablelifestyleSynonym of LARPer (“someone who pretends”)

   Got called larp for watching gameplay videos because my family was too poor to buy the game consoles

   2026 June 8, @whizzowhozzo, Twitter

   Synonyms: LARPer

present singular third person LARPs · participle present LARPing · participle past LARPed · past LARPed · alternative larp

1. abbreviationacronymgamesAcronym 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.”

   2006, John Ringo, Princess of Wands

2. broadlyderogatoryoftenslangTo 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.

   2022 June 30, Anton Jäger (@AntonJaegermm), Twitter

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   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?

   2022 November 6, Mike White, “Italian Dream”, in Mike White, director, The White Lotus, season 2, episode 2, via HBO

3. InternetderogatoryslangtransitivelifestyleTo appropriate performatively, maliciously, or without real understanding.