Algebra-like Possibilities! Real Organic Naturally Yours! Mnemonic Sentience/Shouts!
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| QA | Quirky A**holes |
Jeff Anonymous, in reference to the many failures that go on in Quality Assurance Re-expansions of existing acronyms |
| QABALAH | Quite Arcane. Biblical Appreciation Lurking Among Hebrews |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Religion Places:Buildings |
| QATAR | Quite A Torrid, Arid Region. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| Q-BASIC | Quite Boring And Stupid Illogical Code |
Tripod Computers:Programming |
| QIC | Quirky Information Cabinet |
Sean Lamb (QIC is really Quarter-Inch Cartridge, one size class of backup tape cartridge; multiple uses causes corruption on the tape) Re-expansions of existing acronyms Computers:Generic Hardware |
| QUACK | Quite Unqualified At Clinical Knowledge |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Healthcare:Healthcare Occupations |
| QUAD | Quotes Usually Are Divine/Divided |
Jan Morgan - 4 sets of scriptures bound together Religion |
| QUAESITOSAURUS | Quite Unusual Auricle Exemplifies Sauropod; Individual Traces Of Skull Are Uncovered, Researchers Use Science |
Sean Lamb (This dino, known by partial skull fossils, had an structures that indicated unusually sensitive hearing) Science:Biology:Animals:Dinosaurs |
| QUAFF | Quickly Upraise Alcohol, Finish Fast! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Drugs |
| QUAGGA | Quippers Usually Are Going, 'Great Ass!' |
Angela Brett Science:Biology:Animals |
| QUAGMIRE | Quite Unpassable And Gluey Marsh In Remote Environment |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places |
| QUAILS | Quite Unfilling And I'd Like Somemore |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, who can't see the point of eating things as small as quail Food & Drink Science:Biology:Animals:Birds |
| QUAINT | Quasi Unique Artifact - It's Not Today's |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Adjectives |
| QUAKE | Queen Undresses And King Erupts |
Rico Leffanta Politics:Royalty |
| QUAKERS | Quiet, Unagressive, Agrarian Kinfolk; Extremely Religious Souls. |
Roger Williams Religion |
| QUALIFY | Quiet Undergraduate Achieves Learning In Fruitful Yield |
Angela Brett Education |
| QUALITY | Quick! Use A Lasso! It's Tipping! Yikes! |
Patricia Rix (I was thinking of a rickety, poorly-built backhouse; don't ask me why!) Assorted Nouns Places:Buildings |
| QUANGO | Quorums Usually Are Nepotistically Gerrymandered Overnight |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Politics |
| QUANTITY | Quality, Up Above None - That Implies Tangible Yield |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Nouns |
| QUARK | Quantity Uncertain - Although Reasonably Known |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Physics:Particles |
| QUARKS | Questionably Useful As Reality Keeps Surprising |
Angela Brett (or perhaps '...As Reality Kids Scientists.') Science:Physics:Particles |
| QUARREL | Querulous, Unwanted Argument Rowdily Raiding English Language |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, when Angela mentioned that we hadn't yet come up with any acronyms beginning with 'Q.' People & Relationships |
| QUASARS | Queer Unusual And Strange Areas - Radiation Sources |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Astronomy |
| QUATORZAINS | Quills Used Again To Organise Rhyming Zeugmas As Iambi; New Sonnets! |
Angela Brett, while trying to encourage people to apronymise Q words. Science:Linguistics |
| QUEASY | Quite Uneasy Emotion Assails Stomach, Yes? |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| QUEBEC | Quit Using English, Become Especially 'Canadienne' |
Toni McCoi O'Gradi Places:Towns & Cities:Canada |
| QUESTION | Query Usually Eliciting Some Thought, If One's Nice |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Commerce |
| QUICKIE | Quite Unexpected Intercourse, Cuddling & Kissing In Excelsis |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| QUIET | Quit Ululating - It's Ear Terrorism! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Advice |
| QUIFF | Quim Users Invest For Fun |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| QUINTUPLE | Quadruple's Understood... Increment, Now, To Use Penta-Like Enumerator. |
Angela Brett Assorted Adjectives |
| QUIP | Quick, Unscripted, Intense, Pithy |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Laughter |
| QUIPS | Quirky Utterances In Playful Situations |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Laughter |
| QUIRK | Queer Unusual Idiosyncrasies = Relationship Kaput |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Nouns |
| QUITE | Quantitatively Unspecific, It's Tentatively Extensive. |
Angela Brett Main |
| QUITTER | Questioning Unhealthy Inclination Toward Tobacco - Eventually Rewarded. |
Angela Brett Drugs:Tobacco |
| QUIVERS | Quaint Universally Intimate Vibrations Expecting Romantic Sensations |
Rico Leffanta Assorted Nouns People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| QUIZMASTER | Questions Usually Instigate Zero Marks As Silly Twits Essay Reponses |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| QUORUM | Qualified Unit Of Roughly United Minds |
Sean Lamb People & Relationships |
| QUOTATION | Querysome Use Of Topic Attempting To Instance Own Notions |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Art & Literature |
| QUOTE | Quotation Used On Thy Email |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Communication |
| QWERTY | "Quit Writing Everything Rapidly!" Typewriter Yells |
Angela Brett, since the QWERTY keyboard layout was designed to stop typewriters from jamming, though not necessarily by slowing down typing. (See http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_248.html and the linked article for an interesting discussion on this) Computers:Generic Hardware |
| QY | Questioning You |
Jan Morgan (QY usually means 'query') Re-expansions of existing acronyms Communication |