When a man has to explain something to a woman because she is too dumb to understand it or just refuses to understand something.
I was literally forced into mansplaining to Terri about some conflicting information because she never reads my emails.
by KanraStar May 1, 2025
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Woman-what the absolute shit is going on? Is he actually mansplaining?
Woman-what the absolute shit is going on? Is he actually mansplaining?
by Not_abitch January 28, 2026
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Mansplaining is an add-on service provided by men when trying to communicate with women. This add-on is rarely offered when communicating with other men, as it is assumed that men prefer to receive information with complete technical accuracy. The only add-on service sometimes offered to other men is background elaboration, which augments the technical content with how it all came to be that way. Men generally don't offer background elaboration service to women, as it often results in things being thrown at them. To date, mansplaining has no standards specification and remains completely ad-hoc, varying widely among service providers. That is due, in large part, to the inherent difficulty interpreting the feedback from the recipient, as it is invariably contradictory to the quality of service.
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Mildred: I would swear that man owns a mansplaining planner because he always mansplains to me from Monday to Friday at the same hour about what feminism is and what it isn't. I always receive his condescending tutelage on this topic at 17:19 sharp.
Gertrude: Same topic at the same hour?
Mildred: Indeed, Gertrude, indeed.
Gertrude: And what about Saturday and Sunday?
Mildred: A mercy, I assume. He must think I need to have a rest!
Gertrude: Same topic at the same hour?
Mildred: Indeed, Gertrude, indeed.
Gertrude: And what about Saturday and Sunday?
Mildred: A mercy, I assume. He must think I need to have a rest!
by Love-fi December 10, 2025
Get the Mansplaining planner mug.Mental health term: Offering unsolicited advice to someone who is living with mental ill-health on how they should manage their mental health (especially when it comes from peers and mental health professionals)
Examples of madsplaining include:
“Ah, you have depression? So you should (insert generic well-being advice, eg a nice cup of tea / hot bath / going for a walk / yoga / phoning a friend).”
“Oh, I tried X and it works wonders for me. Give it a go!”
For further examples and explanations of madsplaining, see (from 2013) "Madsplaining … as it was mansplained to me. On offering advice to people with mental health problems" on the @Sectioned_ blog.
“Ah, you have depression? So you should (insert generic well-being advice, eg a nice cup of tea / hot bath / going for a walk / yoga / phoning a friend).”
“Oh, I tried X and it works wonders for me. Give it a go!”
For further examples and explanations of madsplaining, see (from 2013) "Madsplaining … as it was mansplained to me. On offering advice to people with mental health problems" on the @Sectioned_ blog.
by @Sectioned_ November 11, 2018
Get the Madsplaining mug.Stating accurate, verifiable facts. Especially when these facts are inconvenient to an idiots worldview, or contradict idiotic talking points.
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I once had a roommate who tried to trick the air conditioner
They also panicked that they had broken it because the “number kept changing randomly” since it changed when they pressed the buttons, changed again moments after, and then gradually changed over time. I had to tell them that the first number is the temperature setting, the second is the current temperature, and the gradual change is the current temperature changing.
I once had a roommate who tried to trick the air conditioner
They also panicked that they had broken it because the “number kept changing randomly” since it changed when they pressed the buttons, changed again moments after, and then gradually changed over time. I had to tell them that the first number is the temperature setting, the second is the current temperature, and the gradual change is the current temperature changing.
by squadron leader bigglesworth January 11, 2019
Get the magsplaining mug.Similar to mansplaining, matsplaining is explain simple things or being patronizing to one. It only works if their name is Mat. One “T”. M-A-T
“Yeah Mat was just matsplaining to me that I should serve a volleyball underhand. I’ve played volleyball for 3 years.”
by notmat January 18, 2023
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