QQ - What Does Qq Mean?

Crying eyes

While gamers now primarily use QQ to represent a pair of crying eyes, this chat term originated from a Warcraft II keyboard shortcut: Alt + Q + Q.

Alt + Q + Q is a shortcut Warcraft II players can use to leave a match and exit the game. Salty players often use Alt + Q + Q to ragequit games they are losing. Eventually, Warcraft II players began using the abbreviation QQ to taunt their opponents, telling them they may as well just quit a match. Essentially, QQ came to mean "Why don't you just quit and cry about it?"

Now, gamers use QQ to taunt and/or troll opponents in many online games, not just Warcraft II. As the abbreviation's use expanded beyond Warcraft II players, its original association with the Alt + Q + Q shortcut faded. Instead, players began to imagine that QQ represented their opponents' crying eyes.

Example

Your strategy is so cheap QQ noob

A gamer who has just been sent QQ

Related Slang

Cheese	Exploitative strategy
Noob	Newbie
Troll	A person who posts offensive comments
RTS	Real-time strategy
L2P	Learn to play
Pubstomp	To annihilate an uncoordinated opposing team
Tryhard	A person who cares too much about winning
ownage	Completely owned

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Quick question

When used at the start of a sentence, QQ usually signals a "quick question." You're most likely to encounter this acronym in online forums, where users often ask each other questions.

Your co-workers, friends, and family may also send you QQs, via email or chat messages. These questions should typically take little time to answer, though people often underestimate their questions' level of effort ...

Example

QQ - how long does the installation process usually take?

A somewhat rhetorical QQ

Related Slang

Q4U	Question for you
QFE	Question for everyone
AMS	Ask me something
RTFM	Read the flippin' manual
FAQ	Frequently Asked Questions
TYFA	Thank you for asking
TIL	Today I learned
DAE	Does anyone else

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