Q-word

See also: q-word

English

Alternative forms

• q-word

Noun

Q-word (plural Q-words)

1. (linguistics) A question word.
   • 2018, The Routledge Handbook of African Linguistics, →ISBN, page 104:

     Cross-linguistically, a distinctive characteristic of this mood type is the presence of a question word (‘Q-word’) in the clause that queries missing information [...]

2. Alternative letter-case form of q-word (“any word beginning with q”)

See also

• (‘x’-word euphemisms) a-word, b-word, c-word, d-word, e-word, f-word, g-word / G-word, h-word, i-word, j-word, k-word, l-word, m-word, n-word, o-word, p-word, q-word / Q-word, r-word, s-word, t-word, u-word, v-word, w-word, x-word; see also C-bomb, f-bomb, f-slur, L-bomb, n-bomb, r-slur