noun
offline meetup; IRL gathering
Refers to an in-person meeting of people who originally connected online, such as through social media, forums, or games. Common in internet and otaku culture.
来週、フォロワーさんたちとオフ会を開く予定です。
I'm planning to hold an offline meetup with my followers next week.
初めてのオフ会で緊張したけど、みんな優しかった。
I was nervous at my first IRL meetup, but everyone was kind.
A more formal or business-oriented term for an offline meeting, whereas オフ会 is casual and strongly associated with online communities.
Abbreviation of オフラインミーティング (offline meeting), with オフ from English 'off' and 会 meaning 'meeting' or 'gathering'. The term emerged with early internet culture in Japan.