A political candidate who is both campaigning for public office, and complaining about another candidate campaigning for the same position.
Person A: "So what have you seen about that governor's race in Minnesota?"
Person B: "A whole lot of camplaining. One candidate was crying about yard sign placement. Another candidate was whining about comments they made being taken out of context. I can't wait for this round of elections to be over with..."
Person B: "A whole lot of camplaining. One candidate was crying about yard sign placement. Another candidate was whining about comments they made being taken out of context. I can't wait for this round of elections to be over with..."
by LOVEMESOMEURBAN October 18, 2010
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Cats-plaining.
1. explaining things like you would to your cat(s)./ explaining things to your cat, as if it were human.
2. Talking to other human beings like you would to your cat(s)
3. Explaining everything by the way it relates to cats.
4. Rationalizing things according to how a cat would do it.
5. Internet.
Cats-plaining.
1. explaining things like you would to your cat(s)./ explaining things to your cat, as if it were human.
2. Talking to other human beings like you would to your cat(s)
3. Explaining everything by the way it relates to cats.
4. Rationalizing things according to how a cat would do it.
5. Internet.
1.
"Mr.MeowMeow how many times do i have to keep catsplaining to you... mommy's guest is not your scratch tree. It hurts Mr.Friend when you scratch him."
"I understand that upsets you, But let me catsplain something to you. Once my cat is bothered by that too. She usually attacks it and bites it's head off. Maybe you should try it too?"
"I'm only on the internet for the cats"
"Mr.MeowMeow how many times do i have to keep catsplaining to you... mommy's guest is not your scratch tree. It hurts Mr.Friend when you scratch him."
"I understand that upsets you, But let me catsplain something to you. Once my cat is bothered by that too. She usually attacks it and bites it's head off. Maybe you should try it too?"
"I'm only on the internet for the cats"
by Catlady24 April 26, 2013
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Consplaining (Con SPLAn ing) -Adjective
When someone with similar or less knowledge and qualifications on a topic tries to explain something YOU know more or just as much about. All without being asked too or while repeating something you've already said ,sometimes using more complicated terminology to seem superior in a group of others.
When someone with similar or less knowledge and qualifications on a topic tries to explain something YOU know more or just as much about. All without being asked too or while repeating something you've already said ,sometimes using more complicated terminology to seem superior in a group of others.
|Example 1|Gina: Martha was consplaining to the new hire how to use Microsoft excel...
Sam: But she doesn't even know how to use it??!!
|Example 2| Lee: I was talking to this girl I met about jojos bizarre adventure when this dude came up and started consplaining to her about Diamond is Unbreakable. She embraced the hell out of him when she started asking about speed wagon and he had no idea what she was talking about.
Sam: But she doesn't even know how to use it??!!
|Example 2| Lee: I was talking to this girl I met about jojos bizarre adventure when this dude came up and started consplaining to her about Diamond is Unbreakable. She embraced the hell out of him when she started asking about speed wagon and he had no idea what she was talking about.
by Cookiio September 2, 2019
Get the Consplaining mug.1. The explanation of something by a woman, typically to a man, in a manner regarded as condescending or patronizing, e.g., Womansplaining.
2. When a woman uses bigoted, illogical rhetoric, or ask questions that she doesn't really want an answer to, to "shut a man down." Usually used so the woman can feel superior to the male she is speaking with.
3. When a woman interprets what a man says, not by the words he is saying, but by what her mind "knows" he is thinking behind the words that he is saying; because she "knows" what his thoughts, motivations, and intentions "really"mean and not what he intended by the words he used to begin with, womansplain. With this ready knowledge of what he "really" means and disregarding what he said, she will then craft what she believes to be an appropriate response.
2. When a woman uses bigoted, illogical rhetoric, or ask questions that she doesn't really want an answer to, to "shut a man down." Usually used so the woman can feel superior to the male she is speaking with.
3. When a woman interprets what a man says, not by the words he is saying, but by what her mind "knows" he is thinking behind the words that he is saying; because she "knows" what his thoughts, motivations, and intentions "really"mean and not what he intended by the words he used to begin with, womansplain. With this ready knowledge of what he "really" means and disregarding what he said, she will then craft what she believes to be an appropriate response.
"I was trying to answer her question when suddenly she started clamsplaining how my answer isn't valid because I'm a man."
Man 1: "My girlfriend didn't speak to me for three days."
Man 2: "No way! What happened?"
Man 1: "I asked her if she wanted me to go to the gym with Marc and I."
Man 2: "What? That's no reason to give anyone the silent treatment."
Man 1: "When I finally convinced her to speak to me, she said that I called her "fat" in front of Marc."
Man 1: "My girlfriend didn't speak to me for three days."
Man 2: "No way! What happened?"
Man 1: "I asked her if she wanted me to go to the gym with Marc and I."
Man 2: "What? That's no reason to give anyone the silent treatment."
Man 1: "When I finally convinced her to speak to me, she said that I called her "fat" in front of Marc."
by Kintsugi Haikyo November 26, 2019
Get the Clamsplaining mug.Not unlike mansplaining, Cisplaining is the act of a cisgender person explaining a transgenderone of a subject the latter is more knowledgeable in. The word is usually used to describe a situation in which the cis explains the trans of a trans-related subject or about a transgender experience, which the cisgender person, being cisgender, has never experienced.
Trans: "I think casting Scarlett Johansson to a role of a trans man is a very bad representation because-"
Cis: "Oh, nonsense! Johansson is a great actress, she will be a wonderful representation. So what if she is a woman?"
Trans: "That, right there, was the exact definition of cisplaining."
Cis: "Oh, nonsense! Johansson is a great actress, she will be a wonderful representation. So what if she is a woman?"
Trans: "That, right there, was the exact definition of cisplaining."
by theTransMusician July 4, 2018
Get the Cisplaining mug.Cowsplaining - (v) (a blend of the word cow and the informal form splaining of the verb explaining) means "to explain something to someone, characteristically by BJP leaders to the people of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Goa and the North Eastern States, in a manner regarded as condescending or patronizing, about matters on which BJP leaders have no fcuking clue, such as literacy, healthcare, law and order and human development.
Example: "Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath of Uttar Pradesh (ranked at the very bottom of all Indian states for healthcare index) Cowsplaining to the people of Kerala (ranked number 1 for healthcare among all Indian states)"
by TitzButWhy February 9, 2018
Get the Cowsplaining mug.Noun. A form of splaining in which a navigation app tells you how to get out of the same neighborhood you've lived in for years.
by Gebus1 April 21, 2019
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