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
• Finnish: tiedät kyllä mikä
• French: tu sais quoi, que tu sais (fr), vous savez quoi, que vous savez (fr)
• 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

• you know what
• you-know-who