PLAIN ENGLISH
What does LARP mean?
LARP originally refers to live-action role-playing. Online, the word broadened into slang for performing or pretending to be a type of person — a trader, founder, millionaire, insider, operator or anything else. The tone can range from playful self-awareness to an accusation that someone is faking credibility.
IN THE WILD
How people use it
Internet culture, finance Twitter, crypto, gaming and social media.
EXAMPLE“Half the timeline is analysis and half is people LARPing as fund managers.”
ALSO USED AS
larping · live action role-play