CHARNAME

English

Alternative forms

• Charname

Etymology

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

Proper noun

CHARNAME (plural CHARNAMEs)

1. (fandom slang) The player character of Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn.
   • 2018 September 9, preyer, Reddit‎^[1]:

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

   • 2018 September 21, Malbethion, Reddit‎^[2]:

     Valygar and Haer'Dalis were the other two romances for female CHARNAME, however they were cut due to time constraints.

   • 2022 May 15, GabTheGayFrog, Reddit‎^[3]:

     Y'all have some weird CHARNAMES.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:CHARNAME.