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  Charlie

  noun

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

  noun

  a silly person; fool

Charlie

American  

[chahr-lee] / ˈtʃɑr li /

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.

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charlie ¹ British  

/ ˈtʃɑːlɪ /

noun

1. informal a silly person; fool

2. old-fashioned a girl or woman

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Charlie ² British  

/ ˈtʃɑːlɪ /

noun

1. communications a code word for the letter c

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Charlie ³ British  

/ ˈtʃɑːlɪ /

noun

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

   Charlie hit us with rockets

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Charlie ⁴ British  

/ ˈtʃɑːlɪ /

noun

1. slang cocaine

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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

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The Starbucks items featuring the “Peanuts” characters — known for animated classics like “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” — were intended to promote the return of Starbucks’s pumpkin-spice latte.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026

“It’s not like Charlie has to go out there and work to make a living,” Paran acknowledged.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

In early January 2025, Dans and American Daybreak helped arrange a visit by Donald Trump Jr. and late conservative activist Charlie Kirk to the Arctic island.

From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026

“Crude oil and energy is ‘the straw that stirs the drink’ of the current global macro risk regime,” said Charlie McElligott, cross-asset macro strategist at Nomura Securities International.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

This was happening directly in front of Charlie.

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

“Look for shells, burnt leaves, anything that says charlie s been here,” Captain Stewart said.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers