Mansplaining (MAN-splayn)
A condescendingly derisive term explain a man’s attempt to give an opinion perceived to a woman (usually an uberfeminist) that that retort is condescending and derisive because of gender.
A condescendingly derisive term explain a man’s attempt to give an opinion perceived to a woman (usually an uberfeminist) that that retort is condescending and derisive because of gender.
In a conversation I had with my brother-in-law, his ideas about my supposed inability to get a boyfriend was sheer Mansplaining. He thinks because he’s a man, he knows what’s best for me, despite the comment he made about men are not ingredients on my list.”
by Somicpreacher November 5, 2017
Get the Mansplaining mug.Definition: someone who interrupts you to talk about your pain as if they've experienced it on a grander scale than you
"I get such bad migraines man, my head hasn't stopped throbbing for three da-"
"Oh yeah, I know all about migraines, they're so bad! Can you believe I had nausea, and like, I didn't wanna talk to anybody, and I even had to THROW UP to make it better. Anyway it's only happened to me once in my life, thank god! Have you tried to sleep it off?"
*internally screaming "Shut up you painsplainer"
"Oh yeah, I know all about migraines, they're so bad! Can you believe I had nausea, and like, I didn't wanna talk to anybody, and I even had to THROW UP to make it better. Anyway it's only happened to me once in my life, thank god! Have you tried to sleep it off?"
*internally screaming "Shut up you painsplainer"
by Czar231 May 2, 2021
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Derived from, and an amalgamation of the words "pandemic" and "explain":
The response given to someone, whom you haven't seen since 2020, after they ask: "how have you been?" and "what have you been up to?"
The response given to someone, whom you haven't seen since 2020, after they ask: "how have you been?" and "what have you been up to?"
He asked me what I'd been up to over quarantine and I pandsplained to him that I'd been hiding out in my apartment for 2 years, staying away from people, and trying not to get sick.
by jesssicat March 10, 2022
Get the pandsplain mug.This is a type of ablesplaining where doctors and other healthcare workers patronize, infantilize and disregard lived experience by minimizing self-reports of pain, often justifying it through medical hearsay, misogyny, transphobia, fatphobia, and racism even though they've never experienced any similar pain themselves, or they believe everyone's pain is the same as their own.
Doctor: "It's normal to experience some discomfort…" Patient: "Quit painsplaining; that was not just discomfort. That was a 9 out of 10 — almost the worst pain I've ever felt!"
by SharedMoon June 25, 2024
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by illiter8too February 15, 2018
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by DizzleisRizzle July 5, 2018
Get the mansplaining to nobody mug.A term used to describe what is considered a male behavioural tendency when talking to females to overexplain, to talk down to or in a condescending manner, often with the assumption that the female interlocutor lacks knowledge or is unable to understand or comprehend complex subjects or logical thinking.
Sometimes also associated with prideful male pontification and a desire to appear knowledgable, and often linked to a tendency to ignore the central or most important issue(s) at hand and focus on or divert the conversation to easy to quantify but non crucial elements.
The term is also noted for the strong reaction it often engenders.
Sometimes also associated with prideful male pontification and a desire to appear knowledgable, and often linked to a tendency to ignore the central or most important issue(s) at hand and focus on or divert the conversation to easy to quantify but non crucial elements.
The term is also noted for the strong reaction it often engenders.
1. Darling, you’re mansplaining. I have a degree in electrical engineering and I know how a toaster works. But, if you thinks it’s fine, we can buy it.
2. He was so busy mansplaining how important the side mirrors are, he backed into the neighbour’s car.
3. I don’t care how the gun works, just stop mansplaining it and let me watch the movie.
2. He was so busy mansplaining how important the side mirrors are, he backed into the neighbour’s car.
3. I don’t care how the gun works, just stop mansplaining it and let me watch the movie.
by Auctor February 11, 2019
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