What do Taiwanese people mean when they describe food as "Q"?

[Matchstick_man]

@Milkybar_Kid

Does it come from Taiwanese?

Yes. There’s another thread discussing English that has been appropriated in Taiwan that explains this and “vs” among others.

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Taiwanese misappropriating English words/letters/initials

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).