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Abbreviations, acronyms, and blends

This week’s words
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larp
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PRONUNCIATION:

(larp)

MEANING:

noun:	A role-playing game in which participants assume various characters and use costumes and props.
verb intr.:	1. To play such a game.
	2. To pretend to be what one is not.

ETYMOLOGY:

An acronym for Live Action Role Playing. Earliest documented use: 1990.

USAGE:

“If Collins is pro-choice, then I’m Baba Yaga. It’s time the political press stopped playing along with her centrist LARPing.”
Erin Gloria Ryan; It’s Time to Stop Calling Susan Collins “Pro-Choice”; The Daily Beast (New York); Sep 25, 2021.

“Chaos League, the Italian collective, created a larp about water shortages in the developing world, in which players received only half a litre of water per day.”
Neima Jahromi; The Great Pretenders; The New Yorker; May 30, 2022.

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