Charlie

[chahr-lee]

noun

1. a word used in communications to represent the letter C.

2. Military Slang.,  Also Charley Victor Charlie.

3. a male given name, form of Charles.

4. a female given name.

charlie

¹

/ ˈtʃɑːlɪ /

noun

1. informal,  a silly person; fool

2. old-fashioned,  a girl or woman

Charlie

²

/ ˈtʃɑːlɪ /

noun

1. communications a code word for the letter c

Charlie

³

/ ˈtʃɑːlɪ /

noun

1. slang,  military a member of the Vietcong or the Vietcong collectively

   Charlie hit us with rockets

Charlie

⁴

/ ˈtʃɑːlɪ /

noun

1. slang,  cocaine

Word History and Origins

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 Charlie²

shortened from Victor Charlie, communications code for VC, abbreviation of Vietcong

Example Sentences

What about debates in a feminism class that discuss Charlie Kirk’s comment that a good reason for women to go to college is to find a husband?

From Los Angeles Times

“Charlie Brown and ‘The Muppet Babies,’ – the other show where you see the adults always from the waist down,” acknowledged Leonberg.

From Salon

Raichik, whose posts have long inspired vigilante threats against schools and hospitals with trans-inclusive policies, then targeted show creator Hamish Steele, an award-winning trans cartoonist in London who’d referred to Charlie Kirk as a “random nazi” in a post-assassination tweet.

From Slate

Captain Nat Sciver-Brunt took 2-5 in her first competitive bowling spell since the Ashes, while spinners Sophie Ecclestone and Charlie Dean also picked up two wickets apiece.

From BBC

After resigning from his job as a Navy Reserve intelligence officer in 2017, he remained in Maryland while becoming a full-time influencer and political activist with groups such as Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA.

From Slate