Chris

//kɹɪs// name

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  1. 1
    A diminutive of the male given names Christopher or (less commonly) Christian.

    "A man named Chris Reynolds was credited $92 quadrillion USD on his paypal account, "This unexpected influx of wealth elevated him to the status of the richest person on the planet and the only quadrillionaire to have ever existed". Following this, after the man reported this error and it was fixed, "PayPal owned up to their mistake and thanked the richest man of all time for understanding the situation, saying: 'This is obviously an error and we appreciate that Mr. Reynolds understood this was the case'"."

  2. 2
    A diminutive of the female given name (along with other variant forms) Christina.

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"Brian repeatedly told Chris that he owed him a pretty large amount of money."

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