OOC

See also: ooc and oóc

English

Noun

OOC (plural OOCs)

1. Initialism of organ-on-a-chip.

Adjective

OOC (comparative more OOC, superlative most OOC)

1. (roleplaying games, fandom slang) Initialism of out of character.

   Synonym: OC (UK)

   Antonym: IC

   • 2000 February 25, azirok [username], “Re: [Ranma][FanFic] Kuno Finds Out?”, in rec.arts.anime.fandom‎ (Usenet):

     Even then, some of the characters were pretty OOC (though I suppose that could be explained by the "magical effect" of the onions).

   • 2001 January 15, Talen [username], “Re: Funimation to aquire^[sic] Yu Yu Hakusho....”, in alt.fan.dragonball‎ (Usenet):

     It'd be OOC if Vejita^[sic] weeped^[sic] upon seeing Goku die at the hands of a big cricket thing. Because he saw it in the series and it didn't really bug him.

   • 2002 June 26, PriestesMiaka [username], “Re: Best Crossover fanfics?”, in alt.fan.harry-potter‎ (Usenet):

     A lot of them seem to either almost completely remove Harry and co. from the fic and have the new characters doing all the wonderful things that Harry was supposed to do, or they have the characters acting completely OOC.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:OOC.
2. Initialism of out of contract.
3. Initialism of out of context.

Adverb

OOC (not comparable)

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of out of curiosity.

Anagrams

• COO, OCO, coo