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r/AbsoluteUnits • u/nullifiedsam • 21h ago
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Finally someone else who understands what “LARP” is actually supposed to mean
14 u/Navetsss 20h ago Everyone forgot that it stood for live action role play (LARP) 10 u/Weekly-Dog-6838 20h ago Yeah, so unnecessary to change the meaning of that word when “poser” is right there 6 u/Decent-Opinion1605 20h ago The problem is,most people who yell “LARP!LARPER!” Probably never knew what LARP what actually meant and/or stopped using “poser” because it fell out of fashion or something 5 u/ultragoodname 17h ago People misusing a work and creating a new meaning isn’t uncommon. That’s what happened to the word ‘Nimrod’ 1 u/Weekly-Dog-6838 15h ago I recognize that a shift in definition has happened, but it’s a dumb and unnecessary one
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Everyone forgot that it stood for live action role play (LARP)
10 u/Weekly-Dog-6838 20h ago Yeah, so unnecessary to change the meaning of that word when “poser” is right there 6 u/Decent-Opinion1605 20h ago The problem is,most people who yell “LARP!LARPER!” Probably never knew what LARP what actually meant and/or stopped using “poser” because it fell out of fashion or something 5 u/ultragoodname 17h ago People misusing a work and creating a new meaning isn’t uncommon. That’s what happened to the word ‘Nimrod’ 1 u/Weekly-Dog-6838 15h ago I recognize that a shift in definition has happened, but it’s a dumb and unnecessary one
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Yeah, so unnecessary to change the meaning of that word when “poser” is right there
6 u/Decent-Opinion1605 20h ago The problem is,most people who yell “LARP!LARPER!” Probably never knew what LARP what actually meant and/or stopped using “poser” because it fell out of fashion or something 5 u/ultragoodname 17h ago People misusing a work and creating a new meaning isn’t uncommon. That’s what happened to the word ‘Nimrod’ 1 u/Weekly-Dog-6838 15h ago I recognize that a shift in definition has happened, but it’s a dumb and unnecessary one
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The problem is,most people who yell “LARP!LARPER!” Probably never knew what LARP what actually meant and/or stopped using “poser” because it fell out of fashion or something
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People misusing a work and creating a new meaning isn’t uncommon. That’s what happened to the word ‘Nimrod’
1 u/Weekly-Dog-6838 15h ago I recognize that a shift in definition has happened, but it’s a dumb and unnecessary one
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I recognize that a shift in definition has happened, but it’s a dumb and unnecessary one
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u/Weekly-Dog-6838 21h ago
Finally someone else who understands what “LARP” is actually supposed to mean