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Manplaining

Man(com)pliaing: When a woman accuses a man who's made a valid point of "mansplaining" to deflect the loss of an argument.
See also: Oversensitive
When Dr. David told his patient Susan, that he would not prescribe her antibiotics for her cold, as antibiotics have no effect on viruses, she began manplaining, and accused him of being condecending and sexist for simply stating a fact.
Manplaining by Northerly March 20, 2020

Madsplaining 

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.
Madsplaining by @Sectioned_ November 11, 2018

magsplaining 

Stating accurate, verifiable facts. Especially when these facts are inconvenient to an idiots worldview, or contradict idiotic talking points.
example magsplaining:
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.

Maxsplaining 

When you trap your life long formula one rival in order to explain every little detail about your race or quali session to them without a chance of escape.

Not to be confused with Mansplaining, while similar, Maxsplaining presents clear homoerotic undertones and heart eyes from both parties involved.
person 1: where's Charles?
person 2: oh, Max got him, he already started the Maxsplaining

person 1: damn, that's a shame, there's no saving him now...
Maxsplaining by not-my-name October 11, 2022

Matsplaining

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.”
Matsplaining by notmat January 18, 2023

Man-on-Man-Splaining 

When you've run out of women to mansplain to, so you resort to men instead.
"Did you happen to attend last night's amateur radio club meeting?" "Yes, a lot of man-on-man-splaining."
Man-on-Man-Splaining by addat November 13, 2023