# Taiwanese misappropriating English words/letters/initials

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**Category:** Learning Chinese\
**Created:** [January 10, 2007, 1:58pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwanese-misappropriating-english-words-letters-initials/35001 "2007-01-10T13:58:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 11, 2007, 2:35am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwanese-misappropriating-english-words-letters-initials/35001/9 "2007-01-11T02:35:56Z")

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> [@Chris](#):
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> QQ, so I’ve heard, comes from Taiwanese khiu khiu 糗糗 which means “chewy” or “rubbery texture”

Chris, that’s a great bit of information. I always suspected that there was a character for “QQ”, and looking up 糗 in the MOE online dictionary, it does give “黏在一起” (stick together) as a definition. In the online Taiwanese-Mandarin dictionary 台文華文線頂辭典, it gives 糗 as being pronounced “khiu” (or Q), and has a definitions ranging from elastic (彈), to sticky (黏), to soft (綿).

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