Slang words: Q
65 slang and Internet words starting with Q, each with its slang meaning. Trending slang
- Q-ballAn illicit drug made up from quetiapine and cocaine.
- Q-boatAn unmarked police car carrying plainclothes police officers.
- Q-carA high-performance car with an unassuming exterior.
- Q-lineTo ban (a server) from a network.
- QatargateThe Qatar corruption scandal at the European Parliament.
- QSOTo communicate (with) by means of amateur radio.
- qtQuality time.
- quackerA playing card with the rank of two; a duck.
- quadOf or relating to quads (four of a kind).
- quad suitA type of fursuit for walking on all fours.
- quadballA co-ed contact ball sport created as a ground-based adaptation of Quidditch, featuring the same positions...
- quadrillionAny very large number, exceeding normal description.
- quadrupledemicA widespread outbreak of four illnesses at the same time, such as Covid-19, flu, respiratory syncytial virus...
- quadsA four of a kind.
- quantum leapTo manifest, to forward the reality of.
- quantum rizzicsThe study of rizz.
- quapaA person who is one-quarter East or Southeast Asian or Pacific Islander by descent; the offspring of a hapa...
- quarQuarantine.
- quarantiniA martini-style cocktail popular amongst people in COVID-19 lockdown.
- quarkA nonsense, trivial text string.
- quarter-suckerA coin-operated arcade game.
- quartzCrystal meth: methamphetamine hydrochloride.
- qubitopeA generalization of a chirotope involving qubits.
- queenAn attractive woman; a female partner in a romantic relationship.
- Queen BessThe queen of clubs.
- queen of heartsA non-white woman who has a sexual preference for white men.
- queen of spadesA non-black woman with a sexual preference for black men.
- queen outTo behave in a submissively appeasing, accommodating, overly flattering, or flamboyant way, especially when...
- Queen's cowboyA member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
- queenerA student who takes an interest in courting women.
- queensA pair of queens.
- queenyLike a queen; effeminately homosexual.
- queepNon-flying duties, typically paperwork, that are undesirable to pilots.
- queer bashingPrejudice or violence against queer people.
- queerbaitingThe practice of creating homoerotic tension between two characters in a narrative work (particularly a...
- queerbaityExhibiting or characterized by queerbaiting.
- queercodedPortrayed in a way that suggests or implies LGBTQ+ identities or characteristics, without explicitly stating...
- queerdoA particularly strange LGBTQ+ person.
- queerplatonicNot romantic and (usually) not sexual, but sharing a stronger emotional bond than typical in a friendship.
- queerspawnThe children of gay or lesbian parents.
- queryTo send a private message to (a user on IRC).
- query stringA sequence of data appended to a URL to supply input parameters in the form of name-value pairs.
- QUICA multiplexed transport layer protocol based on UDP.
- quicheExtremely appealing to look at; sexually alluring.
- quick-and-dirtyAn inexpensive, inelegant eatery; a greasy spoon.
- quickscopeTo shoot (a character) by means of a quickscope.
- quickshotA premature ejaculator.
- quids inIn a position of having gained or saved money through some financial transaction.
- quidsworthPounds' worth, in terms of money.
- quietcationA vacation that emphasizes silence and mindfulness.
- quiffA young girl, especially as promiscuous; a prostitute.
- QuincestThe real-person fiction ship of identical twin indie pop duo Tegan and Sara.
- quingA non-binary ruler.
- quintillionAny very large number, exceeding normal description.
- quirked upSynonym of quirky.
- quirks modeA technique used by some web browsers to maintain backward compatibility with older web pages that do not...
- quirlyA cigarette, especially one which is hand-rolled.
- quit the oxygen habitTo die.
- quockerwodgerA person whose actions are controlled by someone else; a puppet.
- quodConfinement in a prison.
- quod googleWhich one should Google. (Used after a term to indicate that more information on the term can be found...
- quoiromanticUnable to distinguish romantic attraction from platonic attraction in oneself.
- quoisexualBeing on the asexual spectrum and not understanding the concept of sexual attraction.
- QuoranA user of Quora, an online community where people answer each other's questions.
- quote tweetA retweet posted with additional commentary by the retweeter.
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Slang meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word (English slang). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the words, left out vulgar and offensive ones, and linked each to its full entry. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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