Mansplaining is the act of a man explaining something he may not really know to a woman who does, and the assumption behind it that knowledge is somehow inherent in the male condition, paralleling a void of knowledge waiting to be filled in the female condition.
by EnoughBS March 12, 2017
When a male identifying person spends way too much time explaining something that is simple, or that is uninteresting to anyone (usually female identifying); also when a male spends way too much time explaining something to a female, who knows more about the subject than the male, because of the deeply embedded assumption that men "know more" than women
(Friend): How was your date?
(Straight Cis Woman): Oh, it was ok. He spent about 40 minutes mansplaining menustration to me.
(Straight Cis Woman): Oh, it was ok. He spent about 40 minutes mansplaining menustration to me.
by theshpyder March 12, 2017
by Ddoldorie November 17, 2016
(for a man) to explain something to a woman in the area of her own expertise.
Due to Rebecca Solnit, author of "Men Explain Things To Me."
Due to Rebecca Solnit, author of "Men Explain Things To Me."
by NaturallySo March 11, 2017
When frustrated manly men go and flood the Urban Dictionary with their definitions of the word Mansplaining, because they know it better than the feminists, actually.
Greg is so pissed off because his professor didn't want to hear him explain her area of expertise to her in his opinion, so he went meta-mansplaining in UD and invited all his friends too. (See mansplaining )
by Chnuma September 07, 2017
When a man explains a subject to a woman when she is already knowledgeable in said subject but the man feels he needs to explain because she's a woman and doesn't really understand
I was at the hospital today when a man started mansplaining the nervous system to me. I have a doctorate in neuroscience.
by Jolanata May 25, 2017
A verbal tool, generally used by men, to speak over a woman, based on the assumption that he knows better than her. This assumption is generally because she is a woman. Note that the term is especially applicable when the man is wrong anyway.
Man: Listen, do you know the difference between a screw and a nail? Here, I can show you.
Woman: Dude, I own this hardware store. Please stop mansplaining to me.
Woman: Dude, I own this hardware store. Please stop mansplaining to me.
by Ms. Activist May 04, 2017