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McQ limit

McQ limit is the abbreviation of McQuary limit.

Meaning of McQuary limit

Proper noun

the McQuary limit

  1. (Internet, historical) The rule of netiquette stating that the text of a Usenet signature, or sig, should be less than 80 columns wide and no longer than four lines.
    • Only 5 lines, so it just squeezes past the McQuary limit, but what a stylish BUAF for your collections, I only hope Kibo is reading.1992 October 14, David Philip Langstaff, “Wanted...”, in alt.fan.warlord (Usenet)
    Synonyms:
    McQ limit

Questions about McQ limit

What is McQ limit the abbreviation of?
McQ limit is the abbreviation of McQuary limit.

Words near McQ limit in the dictionary

  1. MCPON
  2. MCPOs
  3. MCPs
  4. MCPyV
  5. MCQ
  6. McQ limit
  7. MCQs
  8. McQuacker
  9. McQuade
  10. McQuades
  11. McQuage

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Adapted from Wiktionary: McQ limit (page history and authors); McQuary limit (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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