verb Internet Slang

larp

· verb · internet

Live-action role-play; online, accusing someone of faking an identity or persona.

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Definitions

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To accuse someone of performing a fake identity online, claiming to be a Navy SEAL, a hedge fund manager, a recovering addict, a witness to a news event, for clout or roleplay rather than because it's true. The implication is that the whole account is costume.

“Dude's been larping as a Wall Street trader for years; his last job was at a Subway.”
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The original hobby: live-action role-play, where players physically act out characters in a shared fictional setting, often with costumes, props, and rules-light combat.

“He spends every other weekend larping in the woods with a foam longsword.”
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larp In A Sentence

Dude's been larping as a Wall Street trader for years; his last job was at a Subway.
He spends every other weekend larping in the woods with a foam longsword.

Origin & Usage

Acronym for Live Action Role-Playing, the in-person hobby of dressing up and acting out characters (foam-sword medieval, vampire courts, etc.) dating to the late 1970s. Online forums, especially 4chan and Twitter, stretched it into a verb for posting like you're someone you're not.

Variants LARPlarpinglarper
Tags #internet#gaming#4chan#twitter

People Also Ask

What does larp mean online?

Online, to larp means to accuse someone of faking an identity or persona. Literally it stands for live-action role-play.

How do you use larp in a sentence?

For example: "He's just larping as a hedge fund manager for clout."

Where does larp come from?

It comes from live-action role-play, the hobby, and got adapted online to mean pretending to be something you're not.

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