Charname

name, slang

name, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The player character of Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn. slang

    "Dexterity doesn't help your CHARNAME hit anything. It only helps CHARNAME to not get hit by others."

Example

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"Dexterity doesn't help your CHARNAME hit anything. It only helps CHARNAME to not get hit by others."

Etymology

From CHARNAME, the placeholder used for the player-inputted name in BG1's source code, itself a compound of char (“character”) + name.

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