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Hamsplaining

1. When you use a reference from the musical #Hamilton to explain a situation or concept to someone.

2. Also using Hamilton allegories in an overly frequent manner, so much so that your friends see it coming.
1. I know you're sad you weren't picked to start on Saturday's basketball game. That's the same way Hamilton felt when he kept asking Washington to let him have troops to command, and Washington kept saying "No".

2. Your friend is doing homework, and asks: " Does anyone have a good example of famous friends that were very competitive ?"

Other friend: "Oh boy, John's going to be Hamsplaining this one to him."
by J. Ham April 18, 2018
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Camsplaining

When the workshop manager spends five minutes explaining to two senior staff members what torque to turn is.
Stop fucking camsplaining this shit to Kiel and I Josh!.
by Javier010605 August 21, 2019
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pulmsplaining

When you, as a pulmonary critical care physician, have to explain to a hospitalist why their assessment is dangerously wrong.
Dr. Kale had to do some quick pulmsplaining to the hospitalist why transporting the patient on maximum life support is not safe.
by Sina Wahidi February 1, 2021
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Petsplaining

The futile endeavor of explaining to your pets what they did wrong and expecting them to understand.
I explained to my puppy why it was wrong for him to pee on the carpet. Two hours later he peed on the carpet again. I should have realized petsplaining doesn’t work.
by rpcgal January 29, 2022
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Camsplaining

When one person wants to talk to you about pro wrestling, and they have already decided that there is an idiot in the conversation, it is never them because, from their point of view, they are not wrong.
This person on social media wanted to tell me how I was supposed to look at WWE's booking from their point of view. I don't need anyone Camsplaining to me.
by Konger82 November 14, 2023
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painsplaining

This is a type of ablesplaining where doctors and other healthcare workers patronize, infantilize and disregard lived experience by minimizing self-reports of pain, often justifying it through medical hearsay, misogyny, transphobia, fatphobia, and racism even though they've never experienced any similar pain themselves, or they believe everyone's pain is the same as their own.
Doctor: "It's normal to experience some discomfort…" Patient: "Quit painsplaining; that was not just discomfort. That was a 9 out of 10 — almost the worst pain I've ever felt!"
by SharedMoon June 25, 2024
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Paulsplaining

The art of condescending when explaining something trival to someone while simultaneously making it up due to a complete lack of knowledge on the subject. Paulsplaining is the art of dogmaticly sticking to a point of view in spite of apposing aguements which seem to be correct.
No chance of getting your point across this fucker is paulsplaining, you might as well go and debate the wind.
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