Korean slang profile
OOTD
OOTD
Outfit of the day
The English abbreviation for “outfit of the day,” also used as a hashtag when posting photos of what someone is wearing.
- Expanded form
- Outfit Of The DayOutfit of the day
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- May 9, 2015
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
오늘 코디 사진에 #OOTD 붙여서 올렸어.
I posted a photo of today's outfit with #OOTD.
- Quoted from a source
인스타그램에는 음식 사진을 올릴 때 '#먹스타그램', 오늘 입은 옷을 올릴 때 데일리룩(Outfit Of The Day)의 약자인 '#OOTD'을 올리는 것이 보통이다.[1]
On Instagram, people commonly use #먹스타그램 for food photos and #OOTD, short for Outfit of the Day, when posting what they wore that day.
English translation by Julimmal.
02Documented history
- May 2015On Instagram, people commonly use #먹스타그램 for food photos and #OOTD, short for Outfit of the Day, when posting what they wore that day.[1]
- March 2024EToday: “OOTD (Outfit Of The Day) is a hashtag commonly used on social networking services (SNS) such as Instagram and YouTube and refers to today’s outfit or today’s fashion.”[2]
03Origin & word formation
Short for “Outfit Of The Day.” The 2015 source from iNews24 explicitly gives this explanation. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The explanation is explicit in the sources, and at least two sources use the same meaning. When it was first used is unknown.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 카카오검색 예고도 해시태그, #이 뭐길래 (아이뉴스24)Published May 9, 2015Original source checked Nov 5, 2026
- 11번가, AI 추천 패션 버티컬 서비스 선봬 (이투데이)Published Mar 19, 2024Original source checked Nov 5, 2026