do you know what I'm saying
English
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Often the composite of the constituent words, but see also the usage note.
Phrase
[edit]- (informal) Used as a rhetorical question to confirm attention, understanding, or agreement at the end of an utterance or each segment thereof.
Usage notes
[edit]In sociolects that use this term frequently as an interjection with function equivalent to that of right or eh (including but not limited to African American Vernacular English), it is often substantially contracted and clipped, even to the point that EFL learners might have difficulty recognizing it when they encounter it, such as /ˌnɒmˈseɪn/ and similar pronunciations (which leave out "do you" and "what" completely) or such as /ˌdʒijoʊwʌmˈseɪn/ and similar pronunciations (which leave out the /n/ of "know").
Synonyms
[edit]- you know?
- if you know what I mean (in one of its senses)
- nomsayin'