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Matthew.90 Posted 16 years ago
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"I've got the you-know-what" I dont understand this. Is it correct or How can we write another way? http://www.lyrics007.com/Marilyn%20Manson%20Lyrics/This%20Is%20The%20New%20Shit%20Lyrics.html
  

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Hi Matthew We sometimes create "nouns" by hyphenating a phrase. In order to know what "you-know-what" means, however, we would have to have much more context. Rather than discussing your link, I'll give you a context in which the use of "you-know-what" would be pretty typical: Imagine that a young child has been telling his parents how much he would like to have a certain cell phone -- an expensive one with lots of features and functions.

  • Hi Matthew We sometimes create "nouns" by hyphenating a phrase.
  • In order to know what "you-know-what" means, however, we would have to have much more context.
  • Rather than discussing your link, I'll give you a context in which the use of "you-know-what" would be pretty typical: Imagine that a young child has been telling his parents how much he would like to have a certain cell phone -- an expensive one with lots of features and functions.
  • Perhpas the boy has already been told by his parents that it's too expensive.
  • However, the boy's parents discuss it further, and then decide to surprise him with one on his birthday.
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Hi Matthew

We sometimes create "nouns" by hyphenating a phrase. In order to know what "you-know-what" means, however, we would have to have much more context.

Rather than discussing your link, I'll give you a context in which the use of "you-know-what" would be pretty typical:

Imagine that a young child has been telling his parents how much he would like to have a certa
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I guess i know "you know what" what it means but i mean i got the you know what
for what he said in song "i got the" ?? got in here like is understand, get it
*I know you wrote long time ago but i was lookin' something and i saw it again

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