quarternary

An adjective describing the fourth in a sequence.

Primary, secondary, tertiary, quarternary, quinary, senary, septenary, octonary, nonary, denary.

by Julia Ghita September 5, 2007

Quaternary Reference

An unauthoritative reference source based upon unlimited human input

I tried to use Wikipedia as a reference for my essay, but my prof said that quaternary references weren't allowed!

by OT9DJM March 31, 2007

quaternary location

Where you go after the tertiary location in a weekend bar crawl that begins with a power brunch and a secondary location. The quaternary location is rarely attempted.

Officer: Do you know why I pulled you over?
Vivica (slurred): Quaternary location?

by The Fourth Roy March 3, 2015

Quaternary Queer

Quaternary: Commonly used in AP Human Geography
Queer: caused by being gay and not liking the opposite sex.
Quaternary Queer: Being very gay and taking the class of AP Human Geography.

Billy is a quaternary queer. He has answered many questions incorrectly.
The teacher says, "Billy, you answered the questions incorrectly you quaternary queer.

by Dusty Bunzzz April 25, 2022

Mr. Quarteraro

A teacher at Mesa Verde Middle School and he’s a good person. But he has bad jokes. He uses the same ones every day! So therefore he needs NEW jokes!

Mr. Quarteraro says camping is intense(in tents)

by Jorhenson33 June 4, 2018

quaternary

Quaternary refers to the fourth of/in class. It follows primary, secondary, and tertiary.

Ron: "Hey Bill, I'm just about to get my quaternary education!"
Bill: "Ron, you fool! There is no quaternary education! Nothing comes after college!"
Ron: "I am talking about the meaning of life!"
Bill: "So you are dying then?"
Ron: "Yes."
Bill: "Ok then, bye."

by DuBois July 29, 2008

quaternary

A knee jerk response from corporate to increase profits and decrease cost.

Carlos, why are you sending us your quaternary screen shit?

by Paperhead March 26, 2007