"you-know-what" meaning in English

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Pronoun

Rhymes: -ɒt, -ʌt Etymology: From you + know + what. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|you|know|what}} you + know + what Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun|||||||||||||||||||head=}} you-know-what, {{en-pron}} 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"). Related terms: you know what, you-know-who Translations (known and unmentioned thing): tead küll mis (Estonian), tiedät kyllä mikä (Finnish), tu sais quoi (French), que tu sais (French), vous savez quoi (French), que vous savez (French), tu-sai-cosa (Italian), lei-sa-cosa (Italian), știi tu ce (Romanian), ya sabes qué (Spanish), du-vet-vad (Swedish), ni-vet-vad (Swedish), alam mo na (Tagalog)

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