A versatile informal word with multiple meanings depending on context.
A versatile informal word with multiple meanings depending on context. In everyday use, curlies refers to locks of curly hair — affectionately, like calling someone's ringlets their curlies. Among developers and programmers, curlies is shorthand for curly brackets ({ }) — the braces used constantly in code. In more candid contexts, it's also used as slang for pubic hair. The programming usage is probably the most current, especially in tech conversations and coding tutorials.
Don't forget to close your curlies at the end of the function block or the whole thing will break.
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(specifically, slang) Pubic hair.
(computing, informal) Curly brackets.
Locks of curly hair.