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cosplay

Definitions

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  • noun this sense?) (countable) A costume that imitates a (usually fictional) character, especially from Japanese media (such as manga, anime, tokusatsu, video games, and Japanese pop music bands).
  • noun this sense?) (uncountable) The subculture centered on people wearing such costumes.
  • noun The art or practice of costuming oneself as a (usually fictional) character.
  • noun this sense?) A skit or instance of such play.
  • verb intransitive To costume oneself as (a character).

Etymologies

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Translation of Japanese コスプレ (kosupure), which is a contraction of コスチュームプレイ (kosuchūmu purei), a Japanese borrowing from English meaning costume play.

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forms (1)

Forms

  1. cosplayer

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  • qms commented on the word cosplay

    Though copyright holders may whinge

    Enthusiasts still will impinge,

    For they who would cosplay

    Don't care what the laws say,

    They think they are blessed to infringe.

    February 26, 2016