# Aphabetic letter pairs in words **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [November 17, 2016, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271 "2016-11-17T17:32:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 23
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/441 "2016-11-26T02:50:24Z")
QD - Qdoba ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/442 "2016-11-26T04:17:58Z")
QE =[Qetesh](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qetesh&ved=0ahUKEwi1iJvix8XQAhXDbSYKHWXfDzIQFggbMAA&usg=AFQjCNGf4b8GD5QPfXa3x6Pnxq_hCigzsg&sig2=krbqgwa8LErzo4eqHBP7OA) ---
**Author:** ![Pasta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pasta)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/443 "2016-11-26T04:56:55Z")
QF = [waqf](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waqf) ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/444 "2016-11-26T06:22:39Z")
QG: Aqgonbad (a village in Iran) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/445 "2016-11-26T12:17:35Z")
QH = Brecqhou one of the Channel Islands ---
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QI: Iraqi ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/447 "2016-11-26T13:08:51Z")
QJ = QJEC Quarterly Journal of Economic Commerce ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/448 "2016-11-26T14:26:47Z")
QK = Qkumber (iPhone app) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/449 "2016-11-26T14:29:46Z")
N/m ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/450 "2016-11-26T16:55:23Z")
QL - [Qliphoth](http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Qliphoth) ---
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QM: [qmail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qmail) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/452 "2016-11-26T18:35:06Z")
QN = Iraqnophobia fear of Iraq ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/453 "2016-11-26T18:40:41Z")
QO - Qophs (19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2016, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/454 "2016-11-27T02:42:52Z")
QP = Qpoint (A German company specializing in high temperature textile technology.) ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2016, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/455 "2016-11-27T03:07:28Z")
QR: SPQR (initialism standing for _Senātus Populus que Rōmānus_ - “The Roman Senate and People”, or more freely as “The Senate and People of Rome”; commonly used Roman phrase referring to the government of the ancient Roman Republic) I suppose an ancient acronym is better than a modern one, unless someone can come up with a single word… ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2016, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/456 "2016-11-27T03:20:55Z")
QS- tranqs A legit word; “tranq” (short for tranquilizer) is a noun in the dictionary ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2016, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/457 "2016-11-27T03:26:10Z")
We skipped one. QQ - qqaballah, a variant spelling of qabala (cabala, qaballa, kabalah, etc.) Source: _Beyond Language_ by Dmitri A. Borgmann. QR - Shuqrah, a town in Yemen. ---
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QT = Q-tip ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2016, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-letter-pairs-in-words/772271/459 "2016-11-27T06:17:26Z")
QU = question QV = Lundqvist, common surname in Sweden, along with many other -qvist names. ---
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