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It's when your mother explains things to you in a very condescending way that feels like she is talking down to you, as if you were a child or a simpleton.
It's when your mother explains things to you in a very condescending way that feels like she is talking down to you, as if you were a child or a simpleton.
#1: Why do you look so upset?
#2: I'm sick of my mom constantly momsplaining things to me like I'm not a damn adult.
#2: I'm sick of my mom constantly momsplaining things to me like I'm not a damn adult.
by countbessie February 28, 2023
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After telling everyone in the room what you were doing, sherry had to momsplain to everyone in the room what you were doing
by DaughterGay September 3, 2025
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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
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Meryl Streep, during her 2017 acceptance speech of the Cecil B. DeMille Award, revealed earth shattering revelations to the world. Meryl was able to point out previously unknown concepts such as racism is bad, discrimination against people based on religion is really bad, and without Hollywood the world would have no art. None at all. To Mersplain is deliver amazing insight into topics that you just found out about and always add an ironic jibe while doing so.
Meryl Streep, during her 2017 acceptance speech of the Cecil B. DeMille Award, revealed earth shattering revelations to the world. Meryl was able to point out previously unknown concepts such as racism is bad, discrimination against people based on religion is really bad, and without Hollywood the world would have no art. None at all. To Mersplain is deliver amazing insight into topics that you just found out about and always add an ironic jibe while doing so.
Taylor, " Wow! Guns are really bad and can kill people if they are mishandled. Only hicks would own them."
Dave, "Way to Mersplain. Up until you said that I thought guns were alright and that all kinds of people own them."
Dave, "Way to Mersplain. Up until you said that I thought guns were alright and that all kinds of people own them."
by jacksiback February 15, 2017
Get the Mersplain 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
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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.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.
by UrbanGreening May 23, 2018
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