Re: On the QT
Posted by Bruce Kahl on November
13, 2001 In Reply to: On the QT posted by Milo on
November 13, 2001
: does anyone know the origins/meaning of the expression 'on the
QT'?
Pasted from the Word Detective:
"It's simply slang for "confidentially" or "quietly." If I tell
you something "on the Q.T.," I mean that I would rather that you
not blab it all over town. And although "Q.T." certainly looks as
though it be the initial letters of two words, every slang authority
seems to agree that its origin is simply the first and last letters
of the word "quiet."
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