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cosplay

[kos-pley]

noun

  1. the art or practice of wearing costumes to portray characters from fiction, especially from manga, animation, and science fiction.

  2. a skit featuring these costumed characters.



verb (used with object)

  1. to portray (a fictional character) by dressing in costume.

verb (used without object)

  1. to take part in cosplay.

    He cosplayed as a Jedi from Star Wars.

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cosplay1

First recorded in 1995–2000; cos(tume) + play
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Fuelled by his interest in cosplay, he says he refined his skills by watching YouTube tutorials and eventually began posting his own creations online.

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Seema cosplaying a garden society matron certainly isn’t the worst vision this show has served.

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The band’s Reddit page, 166,000 members strong, is a daily torrent of fan tattoos of the band’s logo, Vessel cosplay outfits and memes of Sleep Token lyrics dropped into scenes of “Twilight.”

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The problem is that too many people cosplay as public servants and really they're just servants for private interests.

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And speaking of hilarious, watching Tesla stock fall while Elon Musk tries to cosplay Tony Stark is worth a laugh or two.

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