ownknow

Basically means, I dont know, but most of us black folks in Tennessee (or any southern state)shorten it like we do everything else. Why say, "I dont know," when you could say, "ownknow?"

Ghetto chick #1: "Mookie, which one of dem niggas done knocked yo ass up this time?"
Mookie: "Shiiiiit, I aint gone lie, ownknow!"

by Ms. Chocolate October 13, 2006