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Originally Posted by DanaC
If you had to shorten the word 'qualification' you'd shorten it to 'qual'. If you had to shorten the word 'qualifications', you'd shorten it to 'quals'
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Which is US military parlance all the way, though the usual usage of "qual" is not a noun but a verb. You hear phrases like "get qual'ed on that (technical skill, equipment operation)" or "I'm not qual'ed on that," which like anything else sometimes sees a metaphorical use.