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Known't Full Definition:
1. An urgent exclamation combining no and don’t, typically screamed or growled in moments of fear, shock, or instinctive self-defense.
Often involuntary.
-She saw what was behind the door and screamed, “KNOWN’T!”
2. A nonstandard past tense of know, meaning the speaker once possessed certain knowledge but no longer does—either genuinely, strategically, or due to reasons beyond mortal comprehension.
-They asked for the password, but I known’t.
3. Ironically, a statement of certainty, used to imply that the speaker very much does know something but is refusing to engage, explain, or acknowledge it further. Commonly delivered with sarcasm, deadpan confidence, or a long stare.
-“Do you know what you did?”
“Oh, I known’t.”
Common Misuse :
known’t — noun. A person who pretends not to know things for attention.
“She’s such a known’t.”
1. An urgent exclamation combining no and don’t, typically screamed or growled in moments of fear, shock, or instinctive self-defense.
Often involuntary.
-She saw what was behind the door and screamed, “KNOWN’T!”
2. A nonstandard past tense of know, meaning the speaker once possessed certain knowledge but no longer does—either genuinely, strategically, or due to reasons beyond mortal comprehension.
-They asked for the password, but I known’t.
3. Ironically, a statement of certainty, used to imply that the speaker very much does know something but is refusing to engage, explain, or acknowledge it further. Commonly delivered with sarcasm, deadpan confidence, or a long stare.
-“Do you know what you did?”
“Oh, I known’t.”
Common Misuse :
known’t — noun. A person who pretends not to know things for attention.
“She’s such a known’t.”
by Bamberly December 29, 2025
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