Quail: v.i.:
to shrink in cowardice. Pronounced "quayle".

Quaint: adj.:
Mercantilian adjective for use primarily in tourist-oriented venues; generally translates as "understocked and overpriced."

Quality: n.:
alleged God of Industry, to whom lip service, but little other, is paid.

Qualm: n.:
premonition of conscience.

Quantum: adj.:
a term advertising agents like to use because it sounds scientific and has no conceivable application to their product.

Quarrel: v.i.:
to get along with as with a sibling or a spouse.

Quarterback: n.:
25¢ in change.

Quayle: n.:
Chicken hawk.

Queen: n.:
the most powerful player in the game of chess.
Art imitates life.

Queer: adj.:
liberal + homosexual + activist.

Quest: n.:
a crusade, without the prayer meetings.

Quid pro quo: phrase:
you pad my campaign chest and I'll line your pocket.

Quip: n.:
private citizen's version of a sound bite.

Quis ipsos custodies custodiet?: phrase:
"Who shall investigate the special prosecutor?"

Quisling: proper name:
the most famous Norwegian between Leif Ericson and anyone from Lake Wobegon.

Quixotic: n.:
harebrained. Quixotic causes are the only ones routinely worth pursuing.

Quod erat demonstrandum: phrase:
(abbreviated QED) which was to have been demonstrated. Traditional closing line in a proof by assertion, with diversions.

Quote: v.t.:
to repeat those portions of the utterance of another that will support my own views.