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you know what I'm sayin'
Definition
A space filler in very informal speech. A rhetorical question serving no real semantic purpose.
Context : Social Life Category: Rhetorical Question, Slang, Vernacular Semantic: understand
In colloquial American English, the phrase is not articulated fully and can sound like any of the following variants: "nawma sayin'?", "naw wattum sayin'?". You don't need to learn how to produce this utterance, just don't let it throw you when you hear it and remember, you don't need to answer the question each time it is asked.
Usage of “you know what I'm sayin'”
He came down the street over there, you know what I'm saying, and I went like, down to the ground, you know what I'm saying, then he passed me by, he didn't see me cuz I was hiding so good, you know what I'm saying?
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Examples of idiom “you know what I'm sayin'” from Twitter
GeoffreyHoenie:I'm gonna count the "you know what I'm sayin's" from Kendra to Jay... Nothin better to do... 8. And 1 "know what I mean." Awesome, KWIS.