# What do Taiwanese people mean when they describe food as "Q"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Food & Drink\ **Created:** [December 19, 2013, 12:38am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/what-do-taiwanese-people-mean-when-they-describe-food-as-q/80987 "2013-12-19T00:38:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![Matchstick\_man](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Matchstick\_man](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Matchstick_man)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 12:54am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/what-do-taiwanese-people-mean-when-they-describe-food-as-q/80987/3 "2013-12-19T00:54:50Z")
> [@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. * * * ADMIN’S NOTE: > [@Taiwanese misappropriating English words/letters/initials](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwanese-misappropriating-english-words-letters-initials/35001/9): > > 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). --- _[View the full topic](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/what-do-taiwanese-people-mean-when-they-describe-food-as-q/80987)._