LARP 

Live Action Role Play

a type of game where a group of people wear costumes representing a character they create to participate in an agreed fantasy world. Uses foam sticks as swords, foam balls as magic and other props to create the games world.

www.nerolarp.com
www.nwlarp.com
www.larp.com
are examples of a LARP

LARP by Tailanna September 18, 2003

LARP 

Live Action Role Play. A LARPer is someone pretending to be something they're really not.

In the 70's and 80's LARPs were people dressing up like dungeons and dragons for Renaissance Fair. Since the dawn of YouTube and social media, LARPs are the new psyops. People LARP on YouTube as Truthers, Christians, Social Justice Warriors, and civilians.
govLARP = agents of the government pretending to be civilians. Crisis Actors = LARPers.
LARPwars = two or more LARPers in a social media pseudo-feud.

"I was on my way to Tucson, to get back into the LARP, when I lost my wallet and had to turn back"
"There's no such thing as #PizzaGate, that's just a LARP to hurt one side of politics"
"That channel says they are crowdsourcing the truth but they are just LARPing as journalists"

LARP by LARPist August 6, 2019

larp 

copying or pretending to be something or someone

larp : bro im nba youngboy

person : stop being a larp

larp by at#0001 February 27, 2023

LARP 

A fancy name for playing pretend.

Pretend:
Kid 1: let's play that I'm a wizard and you're a magic goblin
Kid 2: Ok, pretend I have a wand too! *wooosh!*~
-long, complex game ensues-

LARP:
Adult 1: Hey man, let's LARP! I am the Alchemy Wizard
Adult 2: Ok! We'll be in the realm of Wizardania. I'm the Gnome of Royal Order. I have a fire wand~
-long, complex game ensues-

LARP by ichigodesuka September 27, 2009

larp 

Someone who participates in LARPing, or Live Action Role Playing, in which people dress up as things normally children would dress up as for halloween (knights, elves etc) while swinging around foam swords to pretend-fight. Larps typically lack social skills and resort to larping to connect with others of similar IQ level

Guy 1: Hey dude I'm gonna go out for a larp today
Guy 2: Dude you're such a larp go talk to some girls instead oh wait you're a larp so you probably don't know how to do that

larp by ilovelarp July 10, 2019

Larp 

basically playing house only for it to be a lifestyle on a discord server full of 13 year olds

Guy 1 - " yo do you Larp?"
Guy 2 - "... nahhhh jit trippin"

Larp by Nebbity November 15, 2021

LARP 

1) Basically children's make-believe but for adults. Often augmented to a significant extent in which there are costumes, props and setting elements specifically designed for it. Funnily, the adults will take the make-believe far more seriously than the kids, who—at the end of the day—will come back to reality.

2) An internet phenomenon where the anonymity of the internet allows individuals to masquerade as any identity as they so please, with a central theme surrounding it (often a controversial one). There is no real motive for LARPing other than "for the lulz" or "for the aesthetic". LARPing is similar to trolling in a way, but fundamentally different. In fact, you could LARP around as a troll, thus creating a double-walled identity.

In both forms of LARPing, the degree of immersion can range from frivolous to completely involved.

SENSE 1: "So I was just going for the usual hike in the backwoods until I was suddenly startled by these medieval-dressed men with toy swords who leaped out of the bushes yelling some weird phrase"

"Sounds like they were LARPing"

SENSE 2:
a) Tyler likes to LARP as a dream smp fan for the experience, but really he has no interest in it.
b) Some (but not all) of the conspiracy nutjobs down in the YT comments section are just LARPers who do it for the lulz.
c) Danielle often LARPs online as a dude with the pronouns he/him. In actuality, Danielle is a girl and identifies as she/her, but being a guy feels more exciting to her.

d) "Take the comment sections in The Hollywood Reporter with a grain of salt, the users there are known to LARP as trolls"

LARP by Mary Mary Quite The Contrarian January 5, 2022