you-know-what

See also: you know what

English

Etymology

From you +‎ know +‎ what.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɒt, -ʌt

Pronoun

you-know-what

The name of something the speaker does not want to mention, but which is known, or very likely to be known, to the listener. It can be plural (as in "... the you-know-whats").

Translations

known and unmentioned thing

Estonian: tead küll mis
French: tu sais quoi, que tu sais (fr), vous savez quoi, que vous savez (fr)
Italian: tu-sai-cosa, lei-sa-cosa

Spanish: ya sabes qué
Swedish: du-vet-vad, ni-vet-vad

See also

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