This makes me sad. I think this post just said it’s a troll. I’m sad.
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"Q's just a harmless nickname" does not contain a possessive.
Q's is a contraction meaning Q is.
Sorry, but nothing you wrote makes sense linguistically IMHO except saying "a Q" is also an acknowledgement of the "real" Q. That could be true.
/wordnerd
No. It is not. "Q" in this sense is a name. Names do not have contractions therefor "Q's" is NOT Q is. I would consider your stance more seriously if the second "Q" in the sentence was lower case.
Second Q in the next sentence.
I don't know who told you that, but it's silly.
Some classic rock examples:
Eli's coming/ Hide your heart, girl (Eli is)
--Three Dog Night
Wo wo wo/ Jamie's Crying (Jamie is)
--Van Halen
Janie's Got a Gun (Janie has)
--Aerosmith
Bonus: Bob's your uncle (Bob is)
--Phrase commonly used in UK and beyond for "and there it is" or "and there you have it" or "it's done"
Examples could fill a library. Charlie's coming over at six, and Elsie's coming with him, etc. This usage is super common in daily English speech.
/wordnerd