femsplain

Femsplaining is when a female or male feminist tells people how they're supposed to think about sex and gender.

"Men who won't shut up and listen are typical members of the patriarchy," Chris femsplained.

by Driveby Shooter April 14, 2013

mansplain

Essentially when a man assumes a woman (sometimes a man) lacks knowledge in an area where she (or he) is known to be an expert

Me reading the other definitions of "mansplain": Wow, these all sound like they were written by men who have never experienced mansplaining themselves! Now, they're trying to explain what it is. CLASSIC mansplaining!!

2nd-year law student: I cannot believe Matt just mansplained me about the difference between prosecutors and defense attornies. This dude is referencing TV shows LMAO

by shhhhhhhlj January 28, 2018

Mansplain

When a man explains something to a woman, uninvited, about a topic she is either equally qualified or more qualified to talk on.

A male doctor explaining something to a female patient, for example, would not be mansplaining.

Examples: The guy who tried to tell Margaret Atwood about "The Handmaid's Tale", the guy who told Katie Mack, who has a PHD in Astrophysics, to "learn some science" because he thought climate change was a hoax, the man who tried to correct a woman about how to pronounce her own name correctly, an Englishman correcting a Welsh woman on her Welsh pronunciation.

See also Dunning-Kruger effect.

Look at this idiot trying to mansplain periods to women... he thinks women only have nine periods a year... wait 'til you hear his lecture on how to insert a tampon correctly!

by Jorgs August 2, 2019

Femsplaining

When a feminist explains to a man that his argument or feelings are invalid based on his gender rather than based on facts or evidence or based on the statement 'Not all men, yes all women'

As with Masplianing, femsplaining should never ever be used in a sentence yes they are real things that happen but if you use the word Mansplaining in a sentence you are guility of Femsplaning and if you use femsplaining in a sentence then you are guilty of mansplaining.

Instead of saying "stop mansplaining the offside rule to me!" say "don't be such a dick I was captain of the local football team I probably understand the offside rule better than you."

by Sirrius May 24, 2017

Mansplain

When someone "explains" something to another person about a topic they are already familiar with/understand. This is typically done in a condescending manner under the pretense that the speaker knows more about the topic than who they are speaking to, i.e. they are subordinate.

1) Explaining the rules of poker to a poker dealer
2)Repeating a point back to someone in your own way, even if they just said the same thing
3)Telling a person that you know more about something because of blank, even though they are a professional/have a degree in the field that you do not have

Sidenote: it is okay to know a lot about a topic and make this known in conversation, but assuming that you know more than someone else, not accepting if you are wrong, not accepting that they may simply be more knowledgeable, and/or doing so in a condescending manner means that you are mansplaining.

Note: this definition and examples were built together by both a man and a woman

by pseudonymsaredumbquitaskingme May 28, 2018

Meta-Mansplaining

When frustrated manly men go and flood the Urban Dictionary with their definitions of the word Mansplaining, because they know it better than the feminists, actually.

Greg is so pissed off because his professor didn't want to hear him explain her area of expertise to her in his opinion, so he went meta-mansplaining in UD and invited all his friends too. (See mansplaining )

by Chnuma September 7, 2017

Mansplaining

When a man explains something to a woman in a patronizing tone as if the woman is too emotional and illogical to understand.

"She got all pissed at me for no reason!" cried Ira, "Accusing me of mansplaining."
Aziz shook his head. "Women! Right?"

by Babydoll75 March 6, 2019