Charlie
Americannoun
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a word used in communications to represent the letter C.
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Military Slang. Also Charley Victor Charlie.
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a male given name, form of Charles.
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a female given name.
noun
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informal a silly person; fool
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old-fashioned a girl or woman
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Etymology
Origin of charlie1
C20: for sense 1: shortened from Charlie Hunt, rhyming slang for cunt ; sense 2 is shortened from Charlie Wheeler, rhyming slang for sheila
Origin of Charlie3
shortened from Victor Charlie, communications code for VC, abbreviation of Vietcong
Example Sentences
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Charlie Munger ran the equity portfolio now worth about $500 million at Daily Journal, a public legal-services company, for decades—and the company essentially decided to leave it alone after Munger’s death in late 2023.
From Barron's
Sophomore guard Charlie Adams, who scored 24 points in the Cavaliers’ 68-64 overtime win against Fairfax in the semifinals, was limited to 13 Friday night — part of Bryant’s pregame plan.
From Los Angeles Times
That story is front and center this week, after Owens released the first two episodes of her new series Bride of Charlie.
From Slate
She suggested that this had to do with Erika’s own personal ambitions, as well as larger geopolitical schemes to do with Charlie’s ideology.
From Slate
Don’t they want to figure out the truth about what happened to Charlie?
From Slate
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