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maysplaining

When some one asks you a question and you skirt around answering it until you confuse the person that asked you the question.
Theresa May in question time is asked a question by the audience and she ends up not answering the question by maysplaining about something completely different.
by Dirlos June 2, 2017
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Mansplaining

When a man feels compelled to condescendingly explain something to a woman on a topic that any reasonable person could see she knows more about than he does.
"That's not what mansplaining means. Mansplaining is..." he mansplains.
by elllie_b August 26, 2018
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m'amsplaining

When a feminist or social justice warrior explains how a white man (or anyone) should act according to progressive rules.
Domique was mamsplaining to Doug that his being a white male meant that he could not offer advise in any situation and was in fact worse than Hitler.
by darkurthe January 11, 2017
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McSplaining

When McDonalds tries to explain how their chemical-laden processed food is fresh, natural and healthy.
McSplaining: "See, here's our natural potatoes coming into this factory... here's where we send them through the slicing machine, here's where we fry them... oh, and pay no attention here... it's just where we dip them in ***dextrose*** and ***sodium acid pyrophosphate***."
by ephemeralman January 23, 2015
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Mapsplaining

Noun. A form of splaining in which a navigation app tells you how to get out of the same neighborhood you've lived in for years.
Google: "Turn right on Gerard Way."
Me: "No, really? Stop mapsplaining me, Google."
by Gebus1 April 21, 2019
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Mumsplaining

The mum equivalent to mansplaining; when your mum tells you something that you already know as if you’re still six :/
Mum: “ Go get some milk, it’s in the dairy aisle.”
Me:”Will you stop mumsplaining?”
by zaza 22 January 4, 2022
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Superior Mormon Mansplaining

When a mormon man treats not only women, but also non-mormons as if they are stupid.
When John addressed me this afternoon, his tone suggested that he was superior mormon mansplaining.
by Jubilee Sparks January 30, 2019
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