conversation, yesterday morning in bed:
me: What does "QT" stand for?
Loopy: huh?
me: You know, like "on the QT."
Loopy: What does that mean?
me: Like, hush-hush, a secret.
Loopy: You mean, "on the DL."
me: No, I know that one, but before there was DL there was QT.
Loopy: Well what does QT stand for?
me: That's what I'm asking you!
(fadeout amid laughter and tussling :) )
Adverb: on the QT
ReplyDelete1. In secrecy; not openly
"met on the QT to discuss the invasion plans" - secretly, in secret, on the Q.T.