'splainin' to do

A direct allusion to the 1950's American sitcom, I LOVE LUCY. In the show, the American protagonist (Lucille Ball) has a husband (Desi Arnaz) who is Cuban-born, and who occasionally makes some unintentionally humorous gaffes with English. One of these is his curious pronunciation of the word "explaining", which he always pronounces "'splainin'".
A frequent theme on the show was his discovering an entangled deception of his wife's, whereupon he'd intone sternly to her: "Lucy, I think you've got some 'splainin' to do."

Today people use the phrase both as a fond allusion to a cherished TV show, but as a way to imply that another person is at fault with something and needs to come clean.

Example 1. When the rock group successfully showed that their record company had not promoted their poorly-selling album sufficiently, the suits at the company had some serious 'spainin' to do.

Example 2. My Rolex, my computer and my car are all gone... and you've got a bad heroin problem? I'd say you have some 'splainin' to do!

by david lincoln brooks August 5, 2008

man-splaining

A term a woman uses when she feels that she is losing an argument to a man and takes the cowardly route of the victim card.

Her: What, those girl-power memes I post every day are a way of my compensating for the lack of confidence I have in myself? Why don't you shut up and quit man-splaining it to me?

by JustnIst October 11, 2020

Nonbinary-Splaining

When you’re not sure what the creature is, but their explaining something to you in a condescending tone while holding a Starbucks cup and plugged with a Wish buttplug.

“Did that fruitcake creature engage in Nonbinary-Splaining to me the art of fist fucking a cactus?”

by Flipjack flap August 26, 2021

Pat-splaining

When Pat makes up words to impress an audience.

That is clearly some bullshit pat-splaining.

by Hexdepthsguy October 22, 2018

karen'splain

karen'splain : karen trying to explain their ignorant, illogical, nosy, karen behavior while being completely oblivious to the fact their initial action and their explain further enforced rheir status as karen

a karen in korea claimed a 4 yr old saying HI to her was discrimination and racist. she posted on multiple expat groups to karen'splain that her 30 min debate with the father was needed and warranted as the korean kid saying'hi' teaches discrimination. the karen would further karen'splain the next day by doubling down and posting a followup clarification that solidified her as queen karen of seoul.

by optionalg June 29, 2020

Ham-splain

To unwontedly and incorrectly answer a question asked by a fellow student before the trained professional has a chance to speak. This explanation consists of a knowledge dump, relevant to the course but nothing related to the question.

Student 1: Excuse me sir, what would the implications of a tariff be on an economy?
Teacher: Excellent question, firstly you mu-

Student 2: So basically it all comes back to the supply and demand theory...
Student 1: Stop ham-splaining
Teacher: AS I WAS SAYING. It comes dow-
Student 2: What sir is trying to say is...

by Underlord_of_the_dark_69 October 25, 2020

NT-splaining

When neurotypical people try to explain autism to autistic adults, because they think they know better.

"People with autism don't have empathy."
"Actually, most autistics have a higher level of affective empathy than others. But since being able to read faces and body language is harder, levels of cognitive empathy aren't as high. We don't need you NT-splaining autism to us."

by bulbasaur_ggd September 5, 2021