Indicates agreement, approval, encouragement.
Etymology:
- This phrase was popularised by The GLC from Newport, Wales, but has had currency in US Afro-American vernacular English and possibly elsewhere since no later than the 1960s.
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Submitted on September 01, 2009
Additional definitions for 'you knows it':
| you knows it | You're right; I wholeheartedly agree with your statement. |
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