Bryson•s Dictionary for Writers and Editors

Qualcomm. Wireless technology company.
quandary. Not quandry or quandery.
quand même. (Fr.) “All the same.”
Qualcomm / Queensboro Bridge � 283
quantum leap has become a cliché and is better avoided. A separate
objection is that its general sense of a revolutionary step forward
is at variance with its strict scientific sense of a movement or advance
that is discrete and measurable, but not necessarily, or
even usually, dramatic.
Qu’Appelle. Canadian river.
quark. Hypothetical subatomic particle.
quasar is derived from, and means, “quasi-stellar object.”
quaternary. Of or pertaining to groups of four. When capitalized, it
describes the geological period, part of the Cenozoic era, when
humans first appeared.
quatrefoil. In architecture, a four-pointed tracery.
quattrocento. Abbreviation of Italian millequattrocento, the fifteenth
century, used especially in reference to Italian art and culture.
quaver. To tremble.
queasy.
Québécois (or Quebecer) for someone from Quebec. The Canadian
political party is always Parti Québécois.
Queen Elizabeth II. (1926–) Her formal title, though seldom used, is
Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her Other
Realms and Territories, Queen Head of the Commonwealth,
Defender of the Faith. She became queen in 1952; her coronation
was in 1953.
Queens. (No apos.) Borough of New York.
Queensberry rules. Not -bury. Code of conduct for boxing; formally
they are the Marquess of Queensberry Rules.
Queensboro Bridge, New York, but Queensborough Community College.