matching

[spelling variants: maczing, meching]

“To fit (into something), to have something or feel the same as someone else, a match.” (See matching – “corresponding”). This term refers to the combination of two or more elements or qualities that complement each other.

In 2022, a popular trend on TikTok and Instagram was matching outfits – a style where “together with your partner, friend, or just a loved one, you wear clothes with similar or even identical cuts and colors” (see: https://avanti24.pl/Magazyn/7,150441,29004058,wiesz-co-to-matching-outfits-ta-tendencja-jest-coraz-bardziej.html).

In Japanese culture, this phenomenon is known as osoroi kod. Wearing matching or even identical outfits is a way to express closeness, love, or friendship between two people, or to symbolize group unity. In Western culture, it has become a contemporary fashion and lifestyle trend (cf. the custom of dressing twins in identical outfits).

Examples of Use:

1. – My friend asked if I wanted to do a matching with her with a ship from a band, what does it mean? Please help.
   – Matching means connecting someone with someone, and to ship someone is to connect someone but against their will.
   (Question and answer on Onet.pl)
   https://zapytaj.onet.pl/Category/001,003/2,31822227,Kolezanka_spytala_czy_chce_zrobic_z_nia_matching_z_shipem_z_zespolu_co_to_znaczy_Pomozcie_prosze.html
2. – We have the same blouses, matching. (conversation among teenagers)
3. – When you get a matching tattoo with your boyfriend.
   https://www.tiktok.com/@xxliszkadd/video/7464329082113740054
4. – Do you have a meczinggg with someone?
   https://www.tiktok.com/@juqliex/video/7425333019839335702?q=meczing&t=1738958225070
5. – Metchting pajamas are so cringe. I won’t wear them with you.
   /https://www.tiktok.com/@kurzelus/video/7307721151810112800?q=meczing&t=1738958225070
6. – Matching fits.
   https://www.tiktok.com/@mlynskaaa/video/7440515611077201174?q=meczing&t=1738958225070
7. – Sis Forever – Matching Cups! Get matching cups like ours, sis forever! You just know I’m stoked, damn!
   https://www.tiktok.com/@tajemniczyzabmoni/video/7379620504413408545
8. – I want to dress like this one day, with opposite colors matching, and record something, please.
   https://www.tiktok.com/@mardzinalol/video/7112891347140381957
9. – The best maczing tattoos I’ve ever had the opportunity to do 
   https://www.instagram.com/duch_lasu_tattoo/p/DBGaoFuIbQF/?img_index=1