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larp

/lɑːp//lɑɹp/

larp is the alternative letter-case form of LARP.

Noun capitalized: LARP

LARP (countable and uncountable, plural LARPs)

  1. (abbreviation, acronym, uncountable) Acronym of live-action roleplaying.
  2. (countable) A live action role-playing game.
  3. (derogatory, figuratively) A pretension, delusion, or perverse appropriation.
    • 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. (Internet, derogatory, slang) Synonym of LARPer (“someone who pretends”)
    Synonyms:
    LARPer

Verb capitalized: LARP

LARP (third-person singular simple present LARPs, present participle LARPing, simple past and past participle LARPed)

  1. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym 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. (broadly, derogatory, often, slang) To 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
    • 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. (Internet, derogatory, slang, transitive) To appropriate performatively, maliciously, or without real understanding.

Synonyms of larp

Forms of larp

Noun
plurallarps
pluralLARPs
alternative formlarp
Verb
third-person singular presentlarps
present participlelarping
past participlelarped
pastlarped
third-person singular presentLARPs
present participleLARPing
past participleLARPed
pastLARPed

Origin of larp

English larp From LARP, acronym of live-action roleplay /live-action roleplaying.

Words formed from larp

Phrases with larp

Words that rhyme with larp

Questions about larp

What does larp mean?
Larp means a live action role-playing game.
What is larp the alternative letter-case form of?
Larp is the alternative letter-case form of LARP.
What part of speech is larp?
Larp can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce larp?
Larp is pronounced /lɑːp/ (UK).
What is the plural of larp?
The plural of larp is larps.

Words near larp in the dictionary

  1. LaRouchian
  2. LaRouchians
  3. LaRouchism
  4. LaRouchite
  5. LaRouchites
  6. larp
  7. larp larp larp sahur
  8. larpbait
  9. larped
  10. Larpent
  11. larper

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: larp (page history and authors); LARP (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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