do you know what I'm saying
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Often the composite of the constituent words, but see also the usage note.
Phrase edit
- (informal) Used as a rhetorical question to confirm attention, understanding, or agreement at the end of an utterance or each segment thereof.
Usage notes edit
In sociolects that use this term frequently as an interjection with function equivalent to that of right or eh (including but not limited to African American Vernacular English), it is often substantially contracted and clipped, even to the point that EFL learners might have difficulty recognizing it when they first encounter it, such as /ˌnɒmˈseɪn/ or similar.
Synonyms edit
- you know?
- if you know what I mean (in one of its senses)
- nomsayin'