1. Substitution for something not to be said out loud.
2. Substitution for something that cannot be thought of at the present moment.
3. Question, literally meaning either
i. "Are you still listening?"
or ii. "Do you think you understand?" (informal)
1. - You want me to ... you know ... ?
- What, suck me off?
- Yeah.
2. - So I decided to give her that thing.
- What thing?
- The thing, you know.
3. - She didn't like the thing, so she dumped me. You know?
- Yeah.
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1. When used as a question: Same as, "Know what I'm saying?"
2. When used right before a giggle or titter: Something that is to embarassing or "icky" to bring up directly in conversation.
3. When used by a criminal or psychotic: You understand and have knowings of the insane/ socially unacceptable/ depravedly criminal/ inhumane/ abasedly amoral things I have done. Now I must kill you.
1. So then I just had to bust a cap, you know?
2. Then he showed me his... you know *giggle*.
3. You KNOW! *Lunges at you with a knife*
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A very overused phase people say 500 times a sentence that gets annoying after 10 straight minutes. There is only one reason why they might be doing it, and itβs because they for some reason think itβs cute. Itβs as simple as that.
Person #1: You know, you know, you know, you know.
Person #2: No, I donβt know, and I donβt care to know, so please stop talking.
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1. Interjection
2. Conversation starter
3. To point out something that your conversation partner doesn't know, but should.
This phrase is way overused in Minnesota. Also, it's never taken literally.
1. "I called him, you know, 5 times this morning and like, he never answered."
2. "You know, this place smells retched."
3. "I have my doctorate in something, you know."
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1) expressing approval/enthusiasm
2) expressing that something is a well known fact or that someone has just stated the obvious
"I'm gonna gets me some vodka and smuggle it in"
" you know that shit!!"
"This office party is gonna be so lame"
"you know that" i.e of course
" I wish Rocky B hadnt changed his name to MC Platnum"
"You know that" i.e true that mother fucker its a fucking travesty
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The perfect response to any question asked. Can be used when one just doesn't want to answer a question or when one doesn't know how to answer a question.
Girlfriend: "So what exactly did you do when SHE came over last night!?"
Guy: "You know."
Teacher: "Billy, think about this. 3x + 4 = 7. What is 'x'?"
Billy: "You know."
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used when recieving a compliment or a praise
a confident catch phrase
Guy : "damn girl you lookin good today!"
Girl: "You know it!"
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