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IYKWIM

IYKWIM is the initialism of if you know what I mean.

Meaning of if you know what I mean

Phrase

if you know what I mean

  1. (disjunctive) Used to allude to something unsaid or hinted at.
    • He seemed a little too interested in the details, if you know what I mean [implying that perhaps he had ulterior motives].
  2. (informal) Used as a rhetorical question to confirm attention, understanding, or agreement at the end of an utterance or each segment thereof; synonym of do you know what I'm saying.
    • Then you've got to jiggle it just right, if you know what I mean, before you can get it to come out of there.

Questions about IYKWIM

What is IYKWIM the initialism of?
IYKWIM is the initialism of if you know what I mean.

Words near IYKWIM in the dictionary

  1. iyengar
  2. iyengaroside
  3. Iyengars
  4. Iyer
  5. Iyers
  6. IYKWIM
  7. iykyk
  8. iyng
  9. iynges
  10. iynx
  11. IYO

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Adapted from Wiktionary: IYKWIM (page history and authors); if you know what I mean (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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