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It means "to pretend" in Korean slang
피해자 코스프레 (cosplaying a victim, which means "victim playing")
cosplay by Breaksreak July 27, 2016
Cosplay is gay
Cosplay by Midnight287 April 16, 2019
an act of wearing a costume of a character and playing as them in the costume. most often seen in anime characters.
“woah did you see that cosplayer? their cosplay looked so canon!”
cosplay by alternativeaster June 8, 2021
Yeah, like that guy who said he would shoot up a school and then was reported to the police, the police and FBI both did nothing, and then he shot up a school. That's exactly what people thought when the guy did the thing you're saying people don't do.
Hym "Everything is cosplay. You don't take other people's lives seriously. You barely take your of life seriously. And this is entirely the fault of religious preconditioning. It's entirely a coping mechanism to detract from the fact that I can just murder your kids. You will not get away with what you're doing to me."
Cosplay by Hym Iam March 18, 2024
cos·play / käz-plā
noun: cosplay

The practice and hobby of girls dressing up as characters from video games they don't play just to syphon money from simps.

Also applies to girls dressing up as "trad wives" and creating TikTok videos faking virtues they do not have.

Despite popular beliefs, yes, girls do have hobbies.
A vintage sunflower dress that covers your tattoos is perfect for cosplay and virtue signaling that you're wife material on TikTok; when in reality your cooking skills are limited to warming up pre-made food from Trader Joe's in a microwave, you're on SSRIs and still can't get over that toxic ex you had in college.
cosplay by Dahbadu May 20, 2025

Cosplay Crush 

Someone you like because of the person they cosplay.
I have a cosplay crush on this guy because he dressed up as Link at a convention.
Cosplay Crush by thatcoolkidemil February 22, 2011