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
Get the Matsplaining mug.When somebody is really mad but they're pretending that they're not and it was all planned hours or days ahead.
John was really angry the last few days. He was trying to Madsplain it away as if everything was alright.
by PEPIPOPA May 26, 2016
Get the madsplain mug.Related Words
When an Apple employee or fan attempts to persuade another person about how an Apple product or service is good and/or easy to use, no matter the context.
I told my friend I was thinking of getting a new phone and he tried to Macsplain me into getting an iPhone.
by ChaseyK June 10, 2017
Get the Macsplain mug.Verb: (of a woman) to explain something to someone, typically a man, in a manner regarded as condescending or patronizing
by Billy Goldtsein July 25, 2017
Get the mammsplain mug.TJ is mansplaining to nobody again - that group of paraplegic orphans doesn't seem to care at all about the proper way to fold a parachute.
by DizzleisRizzle July 5, 2018
Get the mansplaining to nobody 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.
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.
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.