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  • interjection Eye dialect spelling of you know, representing US English.

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Examples

  • You put TM in brackets after "yanno", even before Miss Snark began saying PP.

    Seven Signs of Snarkly Addiction Miss Snark 2006

  • JPD Crossing "yanno" off his list of words to trademark in '07

    HH Com 565 Miss Snark 2006

  • When you're going to make a pithy comment on how "yanno" has crept into your email correspondence, but tanya and bernita have already beaten you to the punch.

    Seven Signs of Snarkly Addiction Miss Snark 2006

  • And yanno, having yon fellow come up after the awards ceremony with a bottle of Leffe in the name of pure sociability -- I can honestly say I was still having such a good time in Nantes to feel even remotely disappointed.

    Famous in Finland, Fixture in France Hal Duncan 2009

  • But, yanno, obviously this had to have a Grand Announcement!

    Archive 2010-06-01 Hal Duncan 2010

  • Twilight is ... yanno, I'm not even sure there is an adequate word for it.

    Fursplosion 2010

  • I wonder if Castle ever just laughed out loud … yanno, LOL.

    Matthew Yglesias » Feel the Kausmentum 2010

  • Cause, yanno, having the writer right up in yer face on opening night might not be the best thing to relax an actor.

    Archive 2010-06-01 Hal Duncan 2010

  • Easier to distribute access to the Web than printed books, yanno.

    Matthew Yglesias » The Consumer Surplus Decade 2010

  • Or the spring-loaded longshoreman's hooks built into his gauntlets ... yanno, for combat or climbing.

    Archive 2010-01-01 Hal Duncan 2010

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