The female version of mansplaining. A woman explaining something condescendingly to a man that they already know.
M: once you mentioned it, I got it haha
M: I'm bad with references XD
F: did you get it? I can clamsplain it to you if you need me to
M: I'm bad with references XD
F: did you get it? I can clamsplain it to you if you need me to
by sixpointfivetatersoutoftater June 28, 2017
Get the clamsplain mug.A branch of cosplaying/roleplaying. When a fan of an anime, manga, game, or movie dresses up as a character of the opposite gender than themselves.
This is sometimes confussing, especially when the person or character they are dressing as has hermaferdiac traits..
Then again, some crossplayers are so good at what they do that they seem to be the same gender as the character they are cosplaying as.
This is sometimes confussing, especially when the person or character they are dressing as has hermaferdiac traits..
Then again, some crossplayers are so good at what they do that they seem to be the same gender as the character they are cosplaying as.
"My friend likes to crossplay as Ed from Fullmetal Alchemist"
"One year I went to Otakon crossplayed as Sango."
"That one crossplayer for Fuuma was was so good that I didn't know it was a girl till she wen't in the girl's bathroom"
"One year I went to Otakon crossplayed as Sango."
"That one crossplayer for Fuuma was was so good that I didn't know it was a girl till she wen't in the girl's bathroom"
by dancing kitsune June 18, 2006
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When someone cosplays as a character of the opposite sex. This phrase is more often associated with male cosplayers.
by Sheepz September 25, 2003
Get the crossplay mug.#1 cosplaying as a character of the opposite sex
#2 playing a video game character of opposite sex while same sex is available
#2 playing a video game character of opposite sex while same sex is available
#1 man-faye is a crossplayer
#2 playing tomb raider as a male isn't realy crossplaying, but if the same male is using a female character in an online game...
#2 playing tomb raider as a male isn't realy crossplaying, but if the same male is using a female character in an online game...
by 2o3 July 18, 2009
Get the Crossplay 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
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