Oc

adj, adv, name, noun, slang

adj, adv, name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of October. abbreviation, alt-of
  2. 2
    Initialism of original content. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  3. 3
    Initialism of original character. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, slang, uncountable

    "One point that almost always seems to be overlooked every time the Mary Sue issue comes up is that #*not* all original characters are Mary Sues. Although there are those who think OCs should be kept out of fanfic, it is possible and acceptable to write OCs into your stories without deifying them."

  4. 4
    Initialism of out of character. UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  5. 5
    Officer of the Order of Canada. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    Officer Commanding. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    Initialism of office consultation. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  3. 8
    Initialism of office conference. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  4. 9
    Initialism of organizing committee. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

    "The union staff person works with the OC to assist in training, education, leadership development, etc."

  5. 10
    Initialism of oleoresin capsicum. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  6. 11
    Initialism of organizational climate. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  7. 12
    Initialism of overclock. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  8. 13
    Initialism of open captioning. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Adjective
  1. 1
    Initialism of obsessive-compulsive. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    Of color. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Initialism of on camera. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Adverb
  1. 1
    Initialism of of course. Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Old Chinese. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    Initialism of Orange County. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 3
    Initialism of OxyContin. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang

Synonyms

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octoctoctroctr.ofcooc

Antonyms

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ic

Example

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"One point that almost always seems to be overlooked every time the Mary Sue issue comes up is that #*not* all original characters are Mary Sues. Although there are those who think OCs should be kept out of fanfic, it is possible and acceptable to write OCs into your stories without deifying them."

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