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I have been seeing it all over the forums. QQ this QQ that, Skirts QQ gameplay QQ. Someone mind explaining to me WTF it means and WTF it has to do with Star Trek?
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    People use it as crying but it originally came from alt q q in warcraft battlenet which let you escape a battle instantly.

    In any context it is derogatory.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    QQ has two definitions.

    1) Quit Crying

    2) An emotiocon for crying eyes.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Contrary to popular belief, QQ is not a set of crying eyes. It actually originated with the advent of Warcraft II. On battlenet, you could press ALT+Q+Q to immediately exit the match and program. Thus the term "QQ" was to tell people to just quit because they are unskilled. The term later developed and lost it's origin and is usually mistaken as crying eyes.

    In contemporary gamer culture, QQ has become the mainstream emoticon for crying eyes, though it is still often used in it's traditional sense.
    "Shut up or QQ!"
    "Why don't you QQ, noob?"
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    I believe it means crying/tears that sort of thing, I don't know what QFT is, maybe someone could explain that here. I usually see that given as a response to the QQ. So its a related question, not hijacking OP"s thread.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    I used to say 'Quit Qrying'.

    those were good times
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    remlish wrote: »
    Contrary to popular belief[...]

    Definitions change as time goes on.
    QFT

    Quoted For Truth, generally a quick method of saying that what was quoted was agreed with in whole.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    remlish wrote: »
    Contrary to popular belief, QQ is not a set of crying eyes. It actually originated with the advent of Warcraft II. On battlenet, you could press ALT+Q+Q to immediately exit the match and program. Thus the term "QQ" was to tell people to just quit because they are unskilled. The term later developed and lost it's origin and is usually mistaken as crying eyes.

    In contemporary gamer culture, QQ has become the mainstream emoticon for crying eyes, though it is still often used in it's traditional sense.
    "Shut up or QQ!"
    "Why don't you QQ, noob?"

    Winning answer. :)
    FreyarH wrote: »
    Definitions change as time goes on.

    But their origins remain the same.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    But their origins remain the same.

    True, however the OP asked for definition. :P (Just being very specific with relation to the question.)

    Imagine my surprise when I see people using the term "chammer" or "chamming" in FPS(s). I mean.. Seriously.. can't they just say "wall-hacking" or something that doesn't sound like "stupid"?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    More pew pew, less QQ.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    QQ is actually old Spanish and means "to diarrhea"
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Winning answer. :)



    But their origins remain the same.

    Irrelevant. Many words lose their original meaning over time.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    remlish wrote: »
    Contrary to popular belief, QQ is not a set of crying eyes. It actually originated with the advent of Warcraft II. On battlenet, you could press ALT+Q+Q to immediately exit the match and program. Thus the term "QQ" was to tell people to just quit because they are unskilled. The term later developed and lost it's origin and is usually mistaken as crying eyes.

    In contemporary gamer culture, QQ has become the mainstream emoticon for crying eyes, though it is still often used in it's traditional sense.
    "Shut up or QQ!"
    "Why don't you QQ, noob?"

    Eh, I don't think that's entirely true.

    The "Q.Q" face probably evolved completely independently, just like "^_^" and "~_^" and all the other asian emoticons.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    remlish wrote: »
    Contrary to popular belief, QQ is not a set of crying eyes. It actually originated with the advent of Warcraft II. On battlenet, you could press ALT+Q+Q to immediately exit the match and program. Thus the term "QQ" was to tell people to just quit because they are unskilled. The term later developed and lost it's origin and is usually mistaken as crying eyes.

    In contemporary gamer culture, QQ has become the mainstream emoticon for crying eyes, though it is still often used in it's traditional sense.
    "Shut up or QQ!"
    "Why don't you QQ, noob?"

    Just because thats how it started out doesnt mean its retained the original meaning. It does look like a pair of crying eyes. Q_Q so does ;_; .

    I dont know if you saying its "mistaken" though... it just morphed over time. Etymologists though would appreciate such trivia.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    FreyarH wrote: »
    Definitions change as time goes on.



    Quoted For Truth, generally a quick method of saying that what was quoted was agreed with in whole.

    Quoted For Truth doesn't necessarily mean the poster agrees with a statement above. It started off during heated flame wars, where people would post stuff and then later edit what they said. Followup posters would quote each other to preserve the original post, thus denying someone from backing out of what could be a really stupid statement. Therefore, "Quoted For Truth" was originally meant to stop someone from backpeddaling during a flame war.

    Now, it's become more honorable and tends to mean the poster agrees... but it wasn't always so.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    QQ is a term used by people who are frightened by people who disagree with them in an attempt to "put down" the other person since they are unable to come up with a real response to whatever the person said. So in essense, QQ = "your right and I know it, but I just cant bring myself to admit it".
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Wow, defensive people in here who think they know the answer to everything. :rolleyes: Yes, it's very possible for QQ emote to originate in a different area on the Internet from the Alt-Q-Q keystroke combination. No one knows for sure which came first since tracking down Internet trends is like throwing darts in the dark. But what's true is that both exist, and how knows, possibly more origins to it as well.
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