"OFC" meaning in English

See OFC in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: Abbreviation Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} OFC
  1. Oceania Football Confederation
    Sense id: en-OFC-en-name-Svbp9-q8 Categories (other): Fan fiction Disambiguation of Fan fiction: 29 12 14 12 34

Noun

Forms: OFCs [plural]
Etymology: Abbreviation Head templates: {{en-noun}} OFC (plural OFCs)
  1. (fandom slang) Acronym of original female character (“a female original character”). Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, slang Alternative form of: original female character (extra: a female original character)
    Sense id: en-OFC-en-noun-NTnfW3ma Categories (other): Fan fiction Disambiguation of Fan fiction: 29 12 14 12 34 Topics: lifestyle
  2. (military, law enforcement) Abbreviation of officer. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: officer
    Sense id: en-OFC-en-noun-iyPq0ih7 Categories (other): Law enforcement, Military, Fan fiction Disambiguation of Fan fiction: 29 12 14 12 34 Topics: government, law-enforcement, military, politics, war
  3. Initialism of oxygen-free copper. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: oxygen-free copper
    Sense id: en-OFC-en-noun-oRZRjh4y Categories (other): Fan fiction Disambiguation of Fan fiction: 29 12 14 12 34
  4. Initialism of orbitofrontal cortex. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: orbitofrontal cortex
    Sense id: en-OFC-en-noun-yr~~dy~h Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Fan fiction Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 6 16 1 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 3 14 1 76 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 3 14 1 77 Disambiguation of Fan fiction: 29 12 14 12 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: original character, OC

Inflected forms

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