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Are you still in this you charlatan?
While DT is thinking up a smart reply to that, I thought I would look up the origin of that word. According to Wackypedia:
.Ultimately, etymologists trace "charlatan" from either the Italian ciarlare, to prattle; or from Cerretano, a resident of Cerreto, a village in Umbria, known for its quacks.
No to be confused with "charlady".
A charlady, char or charwoman was an English house cleaner. The term has the same roots as "chore woman," one hired to do odd chores around the house. ...
'Can I do you now, Sir?'
Mrs Mopp the office char, Dorothy Summers, ITMA