you-know-what

See also: you know what

English

Etymology

From you +‎ know +‎ what.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒt, -ʌt

Pronoun

you-know-what

1. 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
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• Spanish: ya sabes qué
• Swedish: du-vet-vad, ni-vet-vad

See also

• you know what
• you-know-who