2007-08-02 09:44:00 · 11 answers · asked by tindaloo 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Royalty
i think it refers to the young pretender 'Charles Edward Stuart' and his failed attempt to ignite the Jacobean movement into full blown revolution in the 18C which died a death when the people of England didn't answer his call to arms on his march south from Scotland, overestimating the country's hatred of the new Hanoverian King George I
he was profoundly defeated by Georges son the Earl of Cumberland ( forever known as the butcher of...) at Culloden in 1746. he died alone in Rome a drunk, wishing he had fallen at Culloden with his comrades and became a laughing stock with the English elite of the time
2007-08-04 10:01:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ah, some more British slang to embarrass and befuddle the Yanks!
Right Charlie. Noun. An idiot. From the cockney rhyming slang Charlie Ronce, meaning 'ponce': Example: 'You've made me look a right Charlie when you told everyone about me getting drunk last night.'
Ponce, BTW, means 1) a contemptible person. 2) An effeminate male. Derog. 3) An ostentatious male. Derog.
2007-08-02 17:38:17 · answer #2 · answered by Ellie Evans-Thyme 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Think about Prince Charles. Now you know what a 'right charlie' means.
2007-08-03 12:08:26 · answer #3 · answered by Namlevram 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It could be just big ears,talk like you have a plum up ya butt and definately have no taste in women ,,a right Charlie
2007-08-06 07:35:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Charlie Smirke was a jockey and it was cockney slang for berk.
Berk was originally short for Berkely hunt.
This is fairly commonly misquoted as charlie hunt..
I guess its humorous eastend rhyming slang..
2007-08-02 17:01:03 · answer #5 · answered by P B 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think it comes from "charlie chaplin" clumsy and daft and never doing anything right
2007-08-02 16:50:15 · answer #6 · answered by crazychick.uk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It just means, they done something daft.
2007-08-02 16:48:31 · answer #7 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a head the ball.a nutter.
2007-08-02 16:46:56 · answer #8 · answered by Spot 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
something to do with Charles the |First I think but I am not sure what.
2007-08-04 04:46:25 · answer #9 · answered by D B 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
to be made to look a fool or a idiot.
2007-08-03 23:40:40 · answer #10 · answered by peter o 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋