PDQ

P.D.Q.

Informal.
immediately; at once: You'd better get started P.D.Q.
Also, PDQ.

Origin:
1870–75; p(retty) d(amn) q(uick)

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pdq
 
—abbreviation for
pretty damn quick

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Word Origin & History

P.D.Q.
acronym for pretty damn quick, attested from 1875.
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PDQ definition


  1. mod.
    pretty damn quick; very fast; very soon. (Initialism.) : They had better get this mess straightened out PDQ if they know what's good for them.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
PDQ

  1. Physicians Data Query (of the NCI)

  2. pretty damn quick

  3. pretty damn quickly

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