Momsplain

mom·splain
(of a mom) explain (something) to (typically) a solo dad, in a manner regarded as condescending or patronizing.

The woman at the grocery store momsplained screentime to me through the entire checkout line.

by Lutra Tata March 29, 2017

Mansplain Manipulate Manwhore

a simple phrase that is the male counterpart of Girlboss Gaslight Gatekeep.
Both phrases are used interchangeable depending on the person, but a gender neutral option is Sovereign Stealing Sway

Bard: Guys, I don't think I can Mansplain Manipulate Manwhore us out this situation
Barbarian: Manslaughter it is then

by ChaoticChaos April 4, 2023

Momsplain

The use of words and tone that occurs by mothers. The audience is not limited to children, but can also be used with childless friends. Usually condescending in tone.

You don't understand how much your life changes once you have children.

Oh great, Jenny is up to her momsplaining again.

by Butch March 14, 2015

Momsplain

Like mansplaining but when your mom does it.
Momsplaining is the act of explaining things to your child that they, obviously, already know.

Mom: Don't forget to lock the door when you leave. And to lock it you have to turn it to the left not the right.

You: You don't have to momsplain. I've lived in this house my whole life.

by ThisThatGuy December 29, 2012

mansplain

Essentially when a man assumes a woman (sometimes a man) lacks knowledge in an area where she (or he) is known to be an expert

Me reading the other definitions of "mansplain": Wow, these all sound like they were written by men who have never experienced mansplaining themselves! Now, they're trying to explain what it is. CLASSIC mansplaining!!

2nd-year law student: I cannot believe Matt just mansplained me about the difference between prosecutors and defense attornies. This dude is referencing TV shows LMAO

by shhhhhhhlj January 28, 2018

Mansplain

When a man explains something to a woman, uninvited, about a topic she is either equally qualified or more qualified to talk on.

A male doctor explaining something to a female patient, for example, would not be mansplaining.

Examples: The guy who tried to tell Margaret Atwood about "The Handmaid's Tale", the guy who told Katie Mack, who has a PHD in Astrophysics, to "learn some science" because he thought climate change was a hoax, the man who tried to correct a woman about how to pronounce her own name correctly, an Englishman correcting a Welsh woman on her Welsh pronunciation.

See also Dunning-Kruger effect.

Look at this idiot trying to mansplain periods to women... he thinks women only have nine periods a year... wait 'til you hear his lecture on how to insert a tampon correctly!

by Jorgs August 2, 2019

Mamsplained

When you have a valid point about something but a female has to tell you how you're wrong simply because you're a man and you had something to say about a feminist topic...yet they say the exact same thing and the point is only acknowledged because a female said it.

Well I had a good point but she mamsplained it to make me look like I shouldn't be apart of the conversation.

by Robert Battlehammer January 31, 2018