To passive-aggressively suggest a motivation behind a certain action or statement that has next to nothing to do with the current situation or with reality generally, but which instead is related to another event or statement that took place days, if not weeks or years earlier.
While eating a meal cooked for me by my girlfriend, I asked why she seemed so bitter. She womansplained that she was upset with me for having refused her mother's offer for seconds on her caserole, 2 years earlier.
by don quixote454545 March 1, 2011
Someone womansplaining: My boyfriend was too lazy to wash up so I had to do it. This is another example of how men are systemically oppressing women.
by notyourfiend January 8, 2018
Not to be confused with a feminine version mansplaining. What middle aged (often homophobic) women do to their kids.
“My mom told me that people are gay because they’re confused or following a trend.”
“No way- tell her to stop womansplaining.”
“No way- tell her to stop womansplaining.”
by rottingbrains April 14, 2021
When a person does not explaining anything at all but expects everyone to just "know" what they wanted
Dude: She got pissed at me because I didn't do something, but she never even told me I was supposed to do it. How was I suppose to know?
Other dude: Womansplaining man, you should have just known
Other dude: Womansplaining man, you should have just known
by JacquesHughes February 19, 2018
Wokely highlighting obvious aspects of things everyone has considered under the assumption a man couldn't ever have considered or understand structural inequalities.
Her: "Mansplaining is actually when a man condescendingly explains things to a woman, usually because on an unconscious level they consider them less intelligent, although they don't know that they hold these beliefs, as they have been reinforced by wider cultural factors"
Me: "Yes I know, Karen, I just used it in a sentence, stop Womansplaining at me"
Me: "Yes I know, Karen, I just used it in a sentence, stop Womansplaining at me"
by SumoVega June 8, 2020
The act of a woman actively avoiding a question by making an attempt to divert the conversation to a new topic.
Man: Why do you dislike Donald Trump?
Woman: why do you think that Hillary Clinton is an unsuitable president?
The woman here clearly can't think of a reason to dislike Donald Trump and is trying to divert the conversation towards a subject that she thinks the man wont have an answer for or now anything about thus enacting the fine art of womansplaining
Woman: why do you think that Hillary Clinton is an unsuitable president?
The woman here clearly can't think of a reason to dislike Donald Trump and is trying to divert the conversation towards a subject that she thinks the man wont have an answer for or now anything about thus enacting the fine art of womansplaining
by Genticles December 28, 2016
Womansplaining: act of resorting to lies and deceit or other dishonest measures in a desperate attempt to regain control of a situation. Denying facts over feelings.
"Men are stronger physically than women due to genetics"
Womansplaining: "No women are catching up to men and have always been equal in every aspect often times even more so."
Womansplaining: "No women are catching up to men and have always been equal in every aspect often times even more so."
by Wackadoodoo December 9, 2018