Talk:don't know

RFV discussion: March–April 2020
Rfv-sense - two senses.

1. Someone who does not give a definite opinion in a questionnaire
 * We don't have this sense on, or , though we do have the response as a sense in some cases. He was a yes is certainly a common enough phrase, but is it just metonymy? -  TheDaveRoss  13:53, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

2. Someone who is unsure about their sexuality
 * This is just a normal RFV. - TheDaveRoss  13:53, 9 March 2020 (UTC)
 * The first question seems more a RFD question than an RFV. While most of the time "don't knows" referred to the actual responses rather than the respondants, there were plenty of citations where it referred the the respondant. These are on the citations page. I put them there rather than on the page itself because I agree that it looks like metonymy. However, in case others think this means the term merits inclusion, I also added (to the citations page) another meaning (which also looks like metonymy to me): something one is uncertain about. As for the second definition, I could find no support for it other than cases where someone was conducting a survey about sexuality, in which case it amounts to the first definition. Kiwima (talk) 23:19, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

RFV-resolved. The sexuality sense fails. I am going to pass the other two senses, and leave it to an RFD to decide whether the other senses should be deleted as metonymy. Kiwima (talk) 21:43, 12 April 2020 (UTC)