On the Q T
Posted by Bruce Kahl on October 25, 2002
In Reply to: On the Q T posted by willhayden on October 25, 2002
: Does anyone know the origin of this? My husband says it means "on the Quiet", in other words you got something on the sly
MW says it is an abbreviation for "quiet":
Main
Entry: q.t.
Pronunciation: "kyü-'tE
Function: noun
Usage: often capitalized
Q&T
Etymology: abbreviation
Date: circa 1887
: QUIET -- usually used
in the phrase on the q.t.