An easier way to say, "Know what I'm saying?". Used to insinuate a dirty and/or inside joke. Or to reveal a hidden meaning in a statement. Should always be followed by a question mark.
a word, made up of four words: know; what; i'm; sayin'.
usually used in a sentence when asking if one understands what they are trying to say.
most commonly used amongst african-americans who believe talking should be slurred so that every word in a sentence can make one word for a shorter amount of speaking time and moving of the mouth.
black guy #1: dayum, that hoe is fine, knowumsayin?
black guy #2: yea bra. her ass is tight!
black guy #1: o fo sho!
black guy #2: mos def dawg.
Do you thoroughly comprehend the thought that I am trying to convey? Always used at the end of a sentence to request acknowledgement of the conversation thus far. Contrived from the phrase "Do you know what I am saying?".
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)