you-know-what

See also: you know what

English

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.

Usage notes

This can be pluralized (as in "... the you-know-whats").

Translations

known and unmentioned thing

Estonian: tead küll mis
Finnish: tiedät kyllä mikä
French: tu sais quoi, que tu sais (fr), vous savez quoi, que vous savez (fr)
Hebrew: אתה יודע מה m (ata yodea ma), אתם יודעים מה m pl (atem yod'im ma), את יודעת מה f (at yoda'at ma), אתן יודעות מה f pl (aten yod'ot ma)
Italian: tu-sai-cosa, lei-sa-cosa
Romanian: știi tu ce
Spanish: ya sabes qué
Swedish: du-vet-vad, ni-vet-vad
Tagalog: alam mo na

See also

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