quick\ question

quick\ question
1. (quick question) (1965↑, 453↓)
A question that usually requires a long answer. A close relative of [stupid question] and [rhetorical question].

Joan: I have a quick question for you. How do you solve for "x" in this complex differential equation? Bob: Uhhhhhh...

2. (quick question) (50↑, 45↓)
The plea occasionally comes from a pain in the ass office worker who is clueless and wants help desperately. He does not have a quick question. He usually requires a quick answer that is not easily given. He gives the appearance of knowing what he is talking about but needs a tutorial on how to load a stapler. This guy (sorry men: this stupid question normally does not come from a woman) is not long for the company if he asks this kind of shit all the time. The worst offenders will use "air quotes" when asking a "quick question."

Hey dude, can I ask you a "quick question" about the sales meeting this afternoon?

3. (quick question) (22↑, 42↓)
A very decieving word that actually means the question itself will be a lengthy [diatribe] of [mundane] subject matter ...not even requiring an answer but more of an [editorial].

Keith let me ask you a quick question? What do you think of that blah blah dress blah blah [Britney] blah blah ...can you actually beleive that blah blah [whore] blah blah and more blah.

4. (quick question) (14↑, 43↓)
The plea occasionally comes from a pain in the ass office worker who is clueless and wants help desperately. He does not have a "quick question." The question is not the issue: he usually requires a quick answer that is not easily given. He gives the appearance of knowing what he is talking about but needs a tutorial on how to load a stapler. This guy (sorry men: this stupid question normally does not come from a woman) is not long for the company if he asks this kind of shit all the time. The worst offenders will use "air quotes" when asking a "quick question."

Hey dude, can I ask you a "quick question" about the sales meeting this afternoon?

Related: needs no introduction, rhetoric, smart answer, i'm fine, how are you?, stupid question, clueless, diatribe, editorial, how are you, idiot, naive, office, question, questions
Last updated: 2012.03.01

Urban English dictionary. 2013.

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