Q
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kjuː/
ipa: /kju/
ipa: /kjʉː/
rhymes: -uː
homophone: cue
homophone: queue
homophone: Kew
Etymology: Shortening
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
qualifier: pseudonym
glosses: Arthur Quiller-Couch.
topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Abbreviation of Quran.
raw_tags: followed by an ayah (verse) number
examples: text: In comparing Q 10:10–11 and Mark 6:11, there is no reliable way to determine which exact form of the saying is more primitive, the third person account of Mark or the direct speech recorded in Q.
ref: 2006, Brian Han Gregg, The Historical Jesus and the Final Judgment Sayings in Q, Mohr Siebeck, →ISBN, page 103:
topics: Christianity
lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: The hypothetical common source (logion collection) of the Gospels of Matthew and Luke (from German Quelle (“source”)); all the non-Marcan shared material in those gospels (not always considered a single document)
examples: text: In this fantasy world, all of the far right’s wildest dreams come true: Q promises that Clinton, Obama, Podesta, Abedin, and even McCain are all either arrested and wearing secret police-issued ankle monitors, or just about to be indicted; that the Steele dossier is a total fabrication personally paid for by Clinton and Obama; and that the Las Vegas massacre was most definitely an inside job connected to the Saudi-Clinton cabal.
ref: 2017 December 19, Paris Martineau, “The Storm Is the New Pizzagate — Only Worse”, in New York, archived from the original on 26 Dec 2018:
text: In a thread called “Calm Before the Storm”, and in subsequent posts, Q established his legend as a government insider with top security clearance who knew the truth about a secret struggle for power involving Donald Trump, the “deep state”, Robert Mueller, the Clintons, pedophile rings, and other stuff.
ref: 2018 July 31, Julia Carrie Wong, “What is QAnon? Explaining the bizarre rightwing conspiracy theory”, in The Guardian:
text: At the end of her report, Coaston concluded, “Most people have never heard of QAnon, or Q — and that includes most of Donald Trump’s supporters.” That’s still the case, but the fact that this book is at the top of some of Amazon’s most prominent recommendation lists means that a far larger share of the population will — at a minimum — stumble across these ideas.
ref: 2019 March 6, Kaitlyn Tiffany, “How a conspiracy theory about Democrats drinking children’s blood topped Amazon’s best-sellers list”, in Vox, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2019:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Abbreviation of QAnon (“anonymous poster on anonymous online message boards who originated a pro-Trump conspiracy theory”).
examples: text: “So you’re from the Q?” he said. / “The Q?” said Donovan. / “Albuquerque,” said Jason.
ref: 2011 December 6, E.M. Tippetts, “Dinner and a Movie”, in Someone Else’s Fairytale, book 1, WorkHorse Productions, Inc., published 14 December 2013, →ISBN:
text: Some folks in “the Q” prefer to drink the Fair Trade Guatemalan coffee fresh roasted in this locally owned small café.
ref: 2013, Sharon Niederman, “Michael Thomas Coffee Roasters”, in Explorer’s Guide New Mexico, 2nd edition, Woodstock, Vt.: The Countryman Press, →ISBN, page 89, column 2:
text: Great, I call Ahmed and he comes to the Albuquerque airport car rental spot. […] We’ll buy the cutting powder and small plastic bags and everything else we need in the Q.
ref: 2013 August 21, John Andes, “Blue Monday”, in Loose Ends, Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 60:
text: Okay, Albuquerque has a few furniture stores on the north side, plus, Walmart and Target. […] Hey Manny, I’m gonna head into the Q, do you guys need anything here?
ref: 2023 August 15, Wren McCabe, Michel Prince, Encased by Steel (The Origins Charter; 1), Michel Prince Books, →ISBN:
glosses: Nickname for Albuquerque: a city in New Mexico, United States.
raw_tags: with the
Derived terms: topics: politics
government
word: GQP
topics: politics
government
word: Qaren
topics: politics
government
word: Qultist