MANSPLAIN

Etymology

Verb

mansplain (third-person singular simple present mansplains, present participle mansplaining, simple past and past participle mansplained)

(informal, pejorative) To explain (something) condescendingly (to a female listener), especially to explain something the listener already knows, presuming that she has an inferior understanding of it merely because she is female.

Coordinate terms

• whitesplain

• womansplaining

• straightsplain

• cissplain

Anagrams

• maslin pan, plainsman

Source: Wiktionary



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