Charlie

Bravo, then this

Charlie is a diminutive of Charles, used as a given name for boys and increasingly for girls.

In military communications, Charlie represents the letter C in the NATO phonetic alphabet.

During the Vietnam War, American soldiers called the Viet Cong "Charlie" (from Victor Charlie, phonetic for VC).

In British slang, charlie means cocaine or, informally, a fool: I felt like a right charlie.

NATO

Bravo

Exclamation praising performance

DeltaAlluvial formation at mouth
EchoSmart home device
GolfNATO letter for G

Hotel · India · Juliet · Lima · Mike · November · Oscar · Quebec · Romeo · Sierra

nickname

Chuck

Shoulder beef section

nameIdentifying word for someone
diminutiveVery small, or nickname form
nicknameInformal substitute name

informal · familiar · personal · given · forename · moniker · pet-name

Chaplin

silent

Producing no sound

filmMovie or coating
bowlerPin-toppling player
caneStick for support

mustache · slapstick · Keystone · vaudeville · pantomime · comedy · black-and-white · Hollywood · cinema · talkies

Vietnam

VC

Startup investment funds

enemyHostile opposing party
guerrillaIrregular armed fighter
jungleDense tropical forest

warfare · slang · military · infantry · combat · soldier · tunnel · ambush · patrol · hostile

cocaine

slang

Informal in-group vocabulary

drugActive chemical compound
powderFine dry particles
lineContinuous mark or queue

substance · street · party · illicit · blow · snow · nose-candy · white

Categories

British NamesElizabeth, George, Henry, William, Victoria
Roald DahlMatilda, BFG, Willy Wonka, James, Fantastic Mr. Fox
Unisex NamesAlex, Avery, Blake, Cameron, Casey
common namescommon names, John, Jane, Joe, Bob
pet namessweetheart, darling, Buddy, honey, Max
Vietnam WarVietnam War, Vietnam, Tet Offensive, My Lai Massacre, Viet Cong

Opposites

formality of name

CharlieCharles

Popular regal name

Chuck · Your Royal Highness

military/nato phonetic alphabet

CharlieZulu

Bantu language of Natal

Yankee · Bravo · Delta · Oscar · Whiskey

vietnam war slang (viet cong)

CharlieGI

U.S. military slang

American forces · grunt · friendly

Phrases

Family

Charlotte, Charles, Charlie Brown tree, Charlene, Charley

Familiarity: Top 100,000
Profile: Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G