you-know-who

WOTD - 26 May 2010    

See also you know who, You Know Who, You-know-who, and You-Know-Who

English

Alternative forms

• you know who, You Know Who, You-know-who, You-Know-Who

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

you-know-who

1. Person or entity whose name one does not want to mention but which is known to the person to whom one is speaking.
   • 1885, Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado

     And 'St—'st—'st and What's-his-name, and also You-know-who / The task of filling up the blanks I'd rather leave to you.

Synonyms

• (known and unmentioned person): what's-his-name

Related terms

• you know
• you-know-what

Translations

known and unmentioned person

Dutch: jeweetwel (nl) Finnish: tiedät-kyllä-kuka (fi) (to 2nd person sg of one person), tiedätte-kyllä-ketkä (fi) (formal/ to 2nd person pl of several persons) French: vous savez qui (fr), tu sais qui (fr), qui tu sais (fr), qui vous savez (fr) German: du-weißt-schon-wer (de) Hebrew: (to masc sg) אתה-יודע-מי (he) (ata-yodea-mi) Icelandic: þú-veist-hver (is) Italian: lei-sa-chi (it) / tu-sai-chi (it) Japanese: (phrase) 例の (ja) (れいの, rei no), くだんの (ja) (kudan no) Polish: wiesz kto (pl), wiesz o kim mówię (pl) Russian: сам знаешь кто (ru) (sam znáješ kto) (talking to one person familiarly) сами знаете кто (ru) (sámi znájete kto) (talking to one person courteously or to multiple persons) известно кто (ru) (izvéstno kto)

Spanish: Fulano (es), Quien-uste-sabe (es), Mengano y Zutano (es) Swedish: du-vet-vem (sv) (talking to one person about one person) ni-vet-vem (sv) (talking to multiple persons about one person) du-vet-vilka (sv) (talking to one person about multiple persons), ni-vet-vilka (sv) (talking to multiple persons about multiple persons)

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Dutch: Jeweetwel (nl) Hebrew: אתה־יודע־מי (attá-yodá-mi) Mandarin: 神秘人 (Shén-Mì-Rén) (mainland), 那個人 (Nà-Gè-Rén) (Taiwan) Portuguese: Quem Nós Sabemos (pt) (Portugal), Você-sabe-quem (pt) (Brazil) Slovak: Veď-Vieš-Kto (sl) Spanish: Quien-tú-sabes (es) Vietnamese: Kẻ-mà-ai-cũng-biết-là-ai-đấy