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- interjection
Eye dialect spelling ofyou know , representing US English.
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Examples
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You put TM in brackets after "yanno", even before Miss Snark began saying PP.
Seven Signs of Snarkly Addiction Miss Snark 2006
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JPD Crossing "yanno" off his list of words to trademark in '07
HH Com 565 Miss Snark 2006
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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
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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
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But, yanno, obviously this had to have a Grand Announcement!
Archive 2010-06-01 Hal Duncan 2010
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Twilight is ... yanno, I'm not even sure there is an adequate word for it.
Fursplosion 2010
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I wonder if Castle ever just laughed out loud … yanno, LOL.
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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
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Easier to distribute access to the Web than printed books, yanno.
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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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