CQ is a notation used in copyediting that stands for correct if queer, to signify that an unusual-looking spelling or word usage has been double-checked. Sometimes QC (queer but correct) is used. Compare with sic.
CQ is the abbreviation of the Latincasu quo - meaning "in this case".
CQ is the usual abbreviation for "carrier qualification," referring to the requirement for Navy and Marine pilots to land their plane on an aircraft carrier before winning their wings.
CQ is an acronym meaning Charge of Quarters, usually used in the army, and is basically a duty performed by an NCO, the CQ, and another soldier, the ACQ, usually ranking E-1 through E-4, both living in the barracks that the CQ duty is performed in. Typically, CQ involves making sure the common areas are clean, and that no one living is disturbing their neighbors. On weekdays, it is usually from 1630 (4:30 p.m.) to 0900 (9:00 a.m.)the next morning. On weekends, it is usually from 0900 to 0900 the next day. Traditionally, the soldiers performing CQ duty are given the next day off from duty.
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And yet "CQ"'s awareness of its own absurdity is one of the things that make it so joyous and ultimately even moving.
The boy at the center of "CQ," Paul (Jeremy Davies), is the stand-in for every young, tortured filmmaker we've ever come to know and love-hate.
"CQ" is a meditation both on the joys and the limitations of art -- and on the way that sometimes when we seek to make art, we succeed only in fostering boredom, but when we look the other way it magically appears.
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