cosplay

Fancy Dress at a comic/anime/sci-fi convention. Labelled "cosplay" because the participants know exactly how stupid it is to be playing fancy dress-up games at their age, and calling it something else throws civillians of the track for a while.

Jake: Hey man, do you wanna dress up in wacky zany crazy fancy-dress attire at the next anime convention?

Jimmy: You mean like those stupid cosplay freaks?

Jake: yeah...

Jimmy: ...no

by benjiboy March 24, 2005

cosplay

When a 4/10 NEET (female or male) puts on clothes and makeup to look like a 7/10 and pretend to be an anime character for a day

Brandon: Wow I didn't knew there were so many good looking women at comic con!
Lucas: Nah fam, it's just cosplay, just wait till the wig falls off and the makeup washes away

by Desu pass eat owe December 3, 2018

cosplay

In Japan, "cosplay" or "costume play" seems to mean no more than "wearing a costume or something that looks like a costume". If somebody is walking around dolled-up or in a funny-looking outfit, everybody just calls them a cosplayer.

I have heard Japanese people refer to Visual kei artists as "cosplay pretty boys". And they are obviously not dressed up as anime characters.

Lolita fashion is originally NOT cosplay, but a legitimate fashion. Is Goth cosplay?

by Kuroloki July 1, 2006

cosplay

Short for "costume play", a practice in Japanese adult video and idol photobooks whereby a female dresses in costume for the purpose of acting out a sexual fantasy, with particular attention to erotic costumes made popular in anime. Cosplay is differentiated from roleplay in that there is no roleplaying or acting involved, merely visual imitation of anime fantasy characters.

This Japanese girl does cosplay on her DVD, dressing as maid, nurse, nun, schoolteacher, and gothic lolita. It's sick, bro. I'm watching it again tonight with your mom.

by 1337 d00d July 1, 2005

Cosplay

Incels that try to be cool by dressing up as cool characters but actually make themselves less cool in the process

I need a defenition of cosplay that isn't costume play in layperson terms that doesn't make it sound sexual. Please and thank you.

by MissMeWithThatShit October 8, 2019

cosplay

Dressing up as an anime character.Mostly,asian girls do this.Why are caucasians trying so hard to cosplay?Its embarassing 'cause im white and I'd rather dress up as goth than cosplay as an anime character.First of all,caucasian cosplayers are fat but even the skinny ones doesn't look good in cosplay outfits.Anime characters doesn'thave narrow,unwrinkled,unfreckled and quite fair (but not pale) skin and they don't have the big pointy nose too.Asian cosplayers have wide,smooth,younger-looking skin.They have almond shaped eyes.I don't know why caucasians kept saying that they are better in cosplay than asian people.They say that anime characters have big eyes,yes they do but their eyes are still shaped like asian eyes..This is why caucasian cosplayers but eyeliners and get rid of their crease right?Anime characters don't look caucasian at all.The characters they thought look like caucasians have shiny,straight yellow (not wavy,dry blonde) hair.I mean what's wrong with that?They have characters that have pink,green and other unbelieveable hair colors right?And also,the blue eyes..other characters have different eye colors even red!So why do people kept saying that they look caucasian?If they do,how come asian people do better in cosplay?Come on people lets just leave the asians in anime/cosplay.I mean,at least were better than asians in punk/emo/goth/halloween outfits!

John:I love asian cosplayers!
Michael:Yeah,but i love caucasian goths!
PEACE!

asians have eyes like anime characters too like this <_ _>
while,caucasians have this (_ _)

by lindsay_yeah December 30, 2008

Cosplay

A measurement of looks, photoshop skills, number of 'likes', and race. An overall contest.

"I want to cosplay, but I don't have the body type of my character."
"Then don't do it. You won't win."

by MisoOnRacks April 8, 2015