"you-know-what" meaning in English

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Pronoun

Rhymes: -ɒt, -ʌt Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun|||||||||||||||||||head=you-know-what}} you-know-what, {{en-pron|head=you-know-what}} 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. 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), אתה יודע מה (ata yodea ma) [masculine] (Hebrew), אתם יודעים מה (atem yod'im ma) [masculine, plural] (Hebrew), את יודעת מה (at yoda'at ma) [feminine] (Hebrew), אתן יודעות מה (aten yod'ot ma) [feminine, plural] (Hebrew), 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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