larpercore
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
An online subculture and sociolect primarily active on Discord and Telegram, characterized by the adoption of militaristic online personas used to mask systemic cyberbullying, doxxing, and extortion.
Example Sentences
- "The Com network can be seen as an organizational melting pot for similar actors. However, it is itself part of the so-called Edgesphere... this also includes subcultures such as foodists, Skibbidi Farms, gore networks, Larpercore, Watch People Die or extreme furry communities."
- "Larpercore is an internet subculture that emerged within specific Discord communities in the early 2020s. This subculture is characterized by the adoption of deliberately transgressive online personas within specific, restricted-access groups. These groups, often referred to as "clans," engage in activities that range from disruptive to outright harmful..."
Etymology
larp (“live action roleplay”) + hardcore (“extreme or transgressive”, suffix) Retrospectively coined c. 2022 to describe a transition in Discord "clanner" culture from petty harassment to organized extremism.