a word used in communications to represent the letter C.
Military Slang. Also Charley Victor Charlie.
a male given name, form of Charles.
a female given name.
informal a silly person; fool
old-fashioned a girl or woman
C20: for sense 1: shortened from Charlie Hunt, rhyming slang for cunt ; sense 2 is shortened from Charlie Wheeler, rhyming slang for sheila
shortened from Victor Charlie, communications code for VC, abbreviation of Vietcong
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He adds that investors should remember the saying of the late Charlie Munger, longtime vice chairman of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway: “The big money is not in the buying and selling but in the waiting.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
“They’re so easy to be with — they just want to sit and relax,” said Karen Brainard of Rancho Bernardo, owner of Chewy the Chihuahua and Charlie the terrier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
He adds that investors should remember the saying of the late Charlie Munger, longtime vice chairman of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway: “The big money is not in the buying and selling, but in the waiting.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Like Sarah, another who thinks it will improve his quality of life is Charlie in Bristol.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Me and Charlie didn’t need to be told twice to leave school.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
"How is charlie kirk 28?," chimed Hanna Gais, a senior research analyst at the Southern Poverty Law Center.
From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2022
This deeply depressing concept is partly why charlie brooker created black mirror.
From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2015
Sure but nothing that was traumatizing compared to the other injures i.e. ankle sprains, charlie horses etc.
From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2010
Pie is charlie brown because the latter had to have pie at every meal.
From Time Magazine Archive
“They catching hell up there. They say charlie riding hogs up around Quang Tri.”
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
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