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

They sat together for an awkward few moments at Charlie Kirk’s memorial service in September, and last week Musk attended the state dinner for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

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Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett and former vice chairman Charlie Munger praised Alphabet at the 2017 Berkshire annual meeting, when the stock traded around $45, but the company waited until 2025 to buy shares.

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Jordan Firstman plays Charlie, an enterprising celebrity stylist.

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Moments later, she implores Charlie to hire an “ugly guy” to do his taxes, and she brushes off a $10,000 payday Tallulah gets as “nothing.”

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Editor’s note: Columnist Charlie Garcia shares select emails from his virtual mailbag each week.

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