# On the QT - who's the cutee ????

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-qt-whos-the-cutee/57730>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 13, 2001, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-qt-whos-the-cutee/57730 "2001-03-13T00:39:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Braindoggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b2d939/32.png) [@Braindoggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Braindoggy)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-qt-whos-the-cutee/57730/1 "2001-03-13T00:39:55Z")

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What does QT mean, as in “On the QT” to keep something hushed up???

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**Author:** ![dpr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dpr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dpr)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-qt-whos-the-cutee/57730/2 "2001-03-13T00:48:04Z")

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QuieT

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**Author:** ![Arjuna34](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Arjuna34](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arjuna34)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-qt-whos-the-cutee/57730/3 "2001-03-13T02:15:18Z")

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Here’s the obligatory Cecil answer:

[What’s the origin of the expression “mind your P’s and Q’s”?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_264.html)

Arjuna34