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you know nothing, Jon Snow

you know nothing, Jon Snow interjection: used to imply that someone lacks experience, knowledge, or understanding, especially as a rebuttal of a previous statement.

you know nothing, jon snow: used to imply that someone lacks experience, knowledge, or understanding, especially as a rebuttal...
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Interjection

  1. (humorous) Used to imply that someone lacks experience, knowledge, or understanding, especially as a rebuttal of a previous statement.
    • People in New York are complaining about how hot it is and I’m like you know nothing Jon Snow.2014, @becafarmer, quoted in Metro (New York), 3 July 2014 - 6 July 2014, page 2
    • All your planning is done. Your bag is packed. You've got your pass. You've finished marathoning Orphan Black. It's con time. But if you think you're ready to head inside just because you've done all this planning, you know nothing, Jon Snow. There is a lot to deal with once you're through the...2015, Sam Maggs, The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy: A Handbook for Geek Girls, page 124

Origin of you know nothing, Jon Snow

From a catchphrase said repeatedly by the character Ygritte to Jon Snow in the novel A Storm of Swords (2000) by George R. R. Martin. The phrase, initially used reproachfully and then later affectionately after Jon and Ygritte fall in love, was popularised by its use in the television adaptation Game of Thrones.

Questions about you know nothing, Jon Snow

What does you know nothing, Jon Snow mean?
You know nothing, Jon Snow means used to imply that someone lacks experience, knowledge, or understanding, especially as a rebuttal of a previous statement.
What part of speech is you know nothing, Jon Snow?
You know nothing, Jon Snow is an interjection.

Words near you know nothing, Jon Snow in the dictionary

  1. you kiss your grandfather with that mouth
  2. you kiss your grandmother with that mouth
  3. you kiss your mother with that mouth
  4. you know
  5. you know it
  6. you know nothing, Jon Snow
  7. you know something
  8. you know what
  9. you know what I mean
  10. you know what I'm saying
  11. you know what they say

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