The Dictionary - Q

Q.O.S.

1. Quality of Service. Something you pay for but don't get.

Quagmire

1. Any situation more easily entered into than exited from. (e.g., a guerrilla war, a bad marriage or a conversation with an insurance salesman.)

Qualified

1. The opposite of running around like a chicken with its head cut off.

Quality Control

1. The process of testing one out of every 1,000 units coming off a production line to make sure that at least one out of 100 works.
2. Assuring that the quality of a product does not get out of hand and add to the cost of its manufacture or design.

Quality of Life

1. What an industrialized nation is said to offer when enough of its citizens are suffering from terminal stress.

Quarter Tone

1. What most standard pickups can haul.

Quickie

1. No sooner spread than done.