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"C.Q." is an abbreviation that could mean different things depending on the context. It is not a widely recognized or commonly used abbreviation, and its meanin
by bruce343434 4y ago
"C.Q." is an abbreviation that could mean different things depending on the context. It is not a widely recognized or commonly used abbreviation, and its meaning is not immediately clear. Can you provide some more information or context about it?
- itcrowd 4y agoIt is common in Dutch, short for casu quo (latin). "A c.q. B" means something like "A or otherwise B" (example translated from Dutch wikipedia page) https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casu_quo https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casu_quo
- zabzonk 4y agosorry didn't see anything in english on that page. it's strange how a language that absorbs everything it comes across didn't bag this, perhaps there something else in english that does the same job?
- TimTheTinker 4y agoIn amateur radio, especially CW/morse code, CQ means "looking for someone to talk to". It's an abbreviated homonym for "seek you". If you hear "CQ CQ CQ de WB6NOA" being transmitted, it would mean the person who owns call sign WB6NOA is looking to talk to someone on this frequency.
- zabzonk 4y agoi did know that (in the back of my brain, and watching Ellie in "Contact") but don't see how it applies here.
- TimTheTinker 4y agoApologies, I meant to respond to another message.
- tremon 4y agoIn Dutch, c.q. is an abbreviation of the Latin term casu quo, meaning "or instead, alternatively" (lit. in which case). It doesn't really fit here because it suggests that vlot (quick) and zwak (weak) are interchangeable adjectives -- nor does it match the English usage of the same term, where it is used more like a premise/supposition rather than a conjunction.