You-know-what

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Pronoun
  1. 1
    The name of something the speaker does not want to mention, but which is known, or very likely to be known, to the listener.

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"I know you're at an age where sexual desire flourishes and you want to do 'you-know-what' with 'that' but... well, sit down there."

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