LARP

LARP: Live Action Role Playing. verb:when a group of people meet up somewhere dressed up as faggots who want to hit each other with foam swords. They may also be carrying foam shields in order to protect themselves from the blows. They may meet anywhere as in someone's house or a public park. This seems very popular to people at the age of 30s in which society tends to think of geeks who still live with their moms in their basement. Some of these men and women have kids who have nowhere to go because they are too young to be left home alone are forced to come watch while the rest of us feel bad for them because of the humiliation they have to suffer.

Tom, the 30 year old man, says to his son "Billy, do you want to watch me LARP and kick some ass?"

Boy do I feel bad for that kid, "he has to sit there and watch his mom and dad dress up as hippies and hit each other with foam swords"

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LARP

Acronym that stands for:
Linux / Apache / Ruby / Postgres.
or
Linux / Apache / Rails / Postgres

A new rapid development web framework stack.
This is derived of the popular LAMP acronym that stands for:
Linux / Apache / Mysql / (PHP|Perl|Python)

Ruby on Rails is part of a LARP stack.
http://www.rubyonrails.org

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LARP

In the context of Martial Arts, to practice in a way that more resembles a Role Playing Game than an actual fight, and/or to overdo it with terms from other languages, elaborate costumes, etc.

One may LARP as a Samurai or Ninja (Aikido, Budo Taijutsu/Ninpo), Buddhist monk (Shaolin Kung Fu),special forces soldier (systema, various forms of "street self defense), even a member of another culture in your own country (52 hand blocks).

Did you see those idiots dressed as ninjas demonstrating how to beat a sword with horse stance? Total LARP.

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LARP

LARP or LARPing (Live Action Role Playing) originally was an insult that referred to those who liked to put on Medieval costumers and pretend sword fight at Recess.

In modern Internet speak, calling someone a LARPer is a way of insulting someone and whatever position they hold. If you call someone a LARPer, you’re saying that they don’t actually care or know about whatever they’re talking about, and are only talking about it to pretend or “role play” as someone who would care. It’s just another way of saying that someone or something shouldn’t be taken seriously at all.

Twitter Anarchist: In an ideal society, I wouldn’t have to go to the evil capitalist pharmacy to get medicine, I would just go to my local village Shaman instead!

Sane individual: Yeah nice LARPing.

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Larping

When someone is pretending to be something they’re not. Can involve lying on social media/internet or lying in real life. Often used in a derogatory sense.

Derived from the original meaning of LARP, Live Action Role Play. When you say that someone is larping and you’re not talking about the literal game, you are saying that they are role-playing in their actual real life. Pretending to be rich, pretending to know about a topic, pretending to have a certain lifestyle, etc.

Amanda: Wow did you see Josh’s new lamborghini on IG?
Max: That’s not actually his, he took a photo of a random lambo at the dealership. He’s just larping like he has one.

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LARPing

Traditionally, LARPing is when a bunch of nerds get together in a field or pasture and beat each other up with foam core swords. In the internet sense, it refers to people who put on a façade and lie about having lives that are far more interesting than they really are.

Post pics if you really have a Lamborghini or else I'm going to think you're just LARPing

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Larping

Larping (or LARPing) is short for "Live Action Role-Playing". A live action role-playing game is a form of role-playing game where the participants physically act out their characters' actions. The players pursue their characters' goals within a fictional setting represented by the real world, while interacting with one another in character. The outcome of player actions may be mediated by game rules, or determined by consensus between players.

The first LARPs were run in the late 1970s, inspired by role-playing games and genre fiction. The activity gained international popularity during the 1980s, and has diversified into wide variety of styles. Play may be very game-like, or may be more concerned with dramatic or artistic expression. The fictional genres used vary greatly, from realistic modern or historical settings to fantastic or futuristic eras. Production values are sometimes minimal, but can involve elaborate venues and costumes. LARPs range in size from small private events lasting a few hours to huge public events with thousands of players lasting for several days.

"I got a ton of exercise last weekend larping. It sure is more fun than sitting around playing videogames all day."

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