mansplaining

Men offering unhelpful and unwanted advice on issues they know less about than the woman they are trying to "educate".

He: "This is typical of the are, believe me, I went there once, on holiday, for three days."
She: "I live there. I know about that. In fact, what you're saying is incorrect."
He: "Well, actually -"
She: "Stop mansplaining!!!"

by BunnyOfDarkness April 8, 2017

Mansplaining

A magic word used to invalidate anything said by a male when they are winning an argument.

Male: "... And that's why the Lord of the Rings is better than Harry Potter."

Female: "why do you have to go around mansplaining everything? You're such a jerk."

by Closeted March 10, 2021

Mansplaining

A sexist “term” women use when a man patronizes someone.

My friend was mansplaining to my roommate how to correctly pronounce her own name.

by weezr December 20, 2020

Mansplain

Misandrist term used in the extreme pejorative sense by female chauvinists to denigrate efforts by men to offer explanations for multifarious phenomena.

e.g. Susan talking in an angry voice to her life-partner Dave: You're such a typical man, I hate the way that you always mansplain the most ridiculously simple things to me as if I'm just a child and too stupid to understand.

by Mayor Goodtime August 20, 2021

Mansplaining

A sexist word made by “feminists” to harass men stating their opinion

The term “mansplaining” is sexist

by HolyHorseTesticles April 11, 2021

Mansplaining

When a man tells someone whom he thinks is beneath him a really dumbed down version of what something is. It is usually a man talking to a woman with a condescending or patronizing tone in his voice.

"your response is classic mansplaining"

by ProudW0men August 30, 2022

Mansplaining

The explanation of something interpreted by a man, about something a woman says.

"Boss Chris and I have the same hours and shifts yet he gets paid more? I deserve equal pay" Beth exclaims. "What I think she's trying to get at is..__" No, Chris we don't need you mansplaining what Beth said loud and clear.

by boujee.and.batshitcrazy April 5, 2020