Mansplainin'

A man explaining things to a woman that they don't think she understands.

Cassie was mansplainin' to Tim that the tip of the flame on a fire is the hottest.

Mansplainin' by LuverGurl74 May 16, 2026

MILsplaining

MILsplaining (a union of the acronym for Mother In Law - MIL and the informal variant of the verb explaining - 'splaining') is a play on the word Mansplaining where the informee is usually more informed on a topic than the informer. In this case, the MIL uses a condescending and patronising tone when providing a son- or daughter-in-law advice they are not seeking and/or information already well in their grasp. The advice generally concerns medical and parenting topics presented as indisputable 'facts' without evidence or reasonable adjustment to scientific or technological developments of the past 30-100 years. The condescending MILspaining tone also implies a criticism or judgement of the son- or daughter-in-law, or the couple.

She was describing the birth of her child when her Mother-In-Law started MILsplaining what the birth was really like, despite the Mother-In-Law not being present and mixing up the details. In the end, the Mother-In-Law informed her that she was wrong about her own labour, instead the birthing experience must have been different and bearing a remarkable likeness to her husband's birth some 35 years prior.

MILsplaining by UrbanGreening May 23, 2018

nansplaining 

When your nanna, or any other grandmotherly figure, tries to tell you your shit like she knows you.

"no nanna I don't need a jacket"
"Quiet, of course you do it's 80 degrees out"
"Quit nansplaining, hag"

nansplaining by daddymann December 14, 2019

Vansplaining 

When a person explains something to a member of the Van Halen family in a patronizing or arrogant tone as if the other person has no knowledge of what they're talking about.

The amount of people missing the joke I’m making, Vansplaining this album cover to me

Vansplaining by Fcx May 26, 2021

midsplaining 

A pejorative term referring to when a midlevel (e.g. nurse practitioner, physician assistant, etc) comments on or explains medical knowledge to a physician in an overconfident and often oversimplified manner.

Nurse Practitioner: "I think we should always order pregnancy tests for female clients. It's the only way to practice."
Physician: "Not if they've had a bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. Remember your limitations and cut down on the midsplaining."

midsplaining by Pagano J June 23, 2021

Maxplaining

to make known something that absolutely makes no sense.

he is always maxplaining my god

Maxplaining by cheatstappen October 30, 2022

Hansplaining 

When Hans Meimban mansplains things to you

Hans Meimban: Are you sure you wanna open up the world of communicating with keyboard+mouse Hans? You've only unlocked texting Hans just a few hours ago

Me: 😂😂 I request elaboration

Hans Meimban: Keyboard+mouse = typing with ten fingers
Texting = using 2 thumbs
Me: Gee thanks for Hansplaining

Hansplaining by Rookmone November 13, 2022