Q.n. a quart bottle of liquor. (An abbrevi-
ation.) While you’re there, get me a Q.
of whiskey. She can knock off a Q. a day.
Q-signn. the rounded, open mouth of a
dead person with the tongue hanging out
like the tail of a capital Q. (A semi-joc-
ular usage. Hospitals. See also O-sign; in
the Q-zone.) The old lady in the corner
room is giving the Q-sign. I can’t han-
dle another Q-sign today.
quackn. a fraudulent physician; a deroga-
tory term for a physician. I won’t go
back to that quack ever again! Tell that
quack to heal himself!
quaff a brew[“kwaf @ “bru] tv. to drink a
beer. (See also brew.) I went down to
the bar to quaff a brew. Let’s go some-
where and quaff a brew.
quailn. any girl or woman, especially con-
sidered sexually. (Crude.) Look at that
cute little quail over there. Who was the
quail I saw you with last night?
qual[kwal] n. qualitative analysis. (Scien-
tific.) We’ll have to turn to qual for that
answer. She worked in qual for a while
and then went on to management.
quality Joen. an innocent or straight
(male) person. (Underworld.) Lefty is
not what I would call your average qual-
ity Joe. These quality Joes just don’t un-
derstand how it is on the street.
quanGo to quant.
quant 1. and quann. quantitative analy-
sis. (Scientific and collegiate.) I didn’t
study enough for my quant test. I
f lunked quan twice. 2. n. a technician
who works in securities market analysis.
He was a quant on Wall Street for two
years. The quants have been warning us
about the danger for a month.
quarterbacktv. to manage, lead, or direct
someone or something. Who is going
to quarterback this organization after you
go? I quarterbacked the whole company
for more years than I care to remember.quartzedmod. alcohol intoxicated. (Re-
lated to stoned (out).) She is really
quartzed! How can anybody get so
quartzed on a bottle of wine?
queenn. a homosexual male. To m i s g e t -
ting to be such a queen. What kind of
a queen is Tom?
queer 1. mod. counterfeit. This bill is
queer. I don’t want any queer money.- n. illicit liquor, especially whiskey.
(Prohibition era.) Can you get me a
bottle of queer? This isn’t queer; it’s left
over from before prohibition. 3. mod. al-
cohol intoxicated. After a glass or two,
he got a little queer. She was so queer
she could hardly stagger home. 4. tv. to
spoil something. Please don’t queer the
deal. I was afraid his dirty look would
queer his chances. 5. mod. homosexual.
(Rude and derogatory. But now in wider
use in a positive sense.) She doesn’t like
being called queer. 6. n. a homosexual
male, occasionally a female. (Rude and
derogatory. But now in wider use in a
positive sense.) Tell that queer to get out
of here. She came to the dance with a
queer.
queer as a three-dollar bill 1. Go to
phony as a three-dollar bill. 2. mod. def-
initely or obviously homosexual. (Usually
objectionable.) That guy is as queer as a
three-dollar bill. He’s wearing makeup.
He’s queer as a three-dollar bill.