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.
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.
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."
"What exactly did you do last night?"
"Oh, we went up to that placeuptown, you know?"
"No."
"You know, that place with the trees and the river and stuff, you know?"
"I really, actually don't know."
"Well you should..."
By Harrietta
You Know
As it is sometimes used in Boston, a solitary expression used to concur with anothers pointed or humorous observation.
Person A: Bostonians are so impatient, they want to order their lunch before their ass even hitsthe seat!
1. Said after explaining something. You are telling them they know
2. Said after cracking a joke. You are telling them that they know that it is funny.
3. Said randomly at a random time, just to sound hella gangsta or leet
Said in a sharp low voice at first, and then released out the mouth at a progressively higher pitch (but still maintaining a deep voice). Like this: YOOOUUUU KNOOOWWWW!!!!!
1. Yeah you know that guy in class today? He was all up in my junk! You know!
A sentence enhancer used by inept speakers to infer that we actually "know" what they intend to say. Commonly used in 2 circumstances:
1) Speaker has no clue what he/she is talking about.
2) Speaker is blond or has the last name Kennedy.
