Slur of the Day
Charlie- 1) (African-American, 1960s-1970s) A mildly derogatory term used to refer to white people as a reified collective oppressor group, similar to The Man or The System.[32]
2) (Vietnam War military slang) Non-pejorative slang term used by American troops as a shorthand term for Vietnamese guerrillas. Derived from the verbal shorthand for “Victor Charlie”, the NATO phonetic alphabet for VC, the abbreviation for Viet Cong.[33] Other references to the Viet Cong included “Mr. Charles” as a rueful admission of the skill at asymmetric warfare.[34]
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Posted 03 Feb 2013 by theaveeditor
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