When someone writes a comment on Facebook or Twitter that shocks everyone, but you know they are not going to spill the details so you just simply write the word
by MsMBrianaThomas April 26, 2011
Get the Textplanation mug.Similar to mansplaining but with a teenager who firmly believes he/she/they know everything, and are therefore obligated to explain it to you. Often accompanied with an eye roll followed by stomping and a door slam.
(Mom and Teenager watching Home Alone)
Teen: Mom, wait until you see what happens when the power goes out.
Mom: You mean when their phone lines are down?
Teen: Did know that phones went down back then?
Mom: Yes.
Teen: Well, it was because there weren't cell phones and they had phone calls go through wires.
Mom: I know. I was a kid at the time.
Teen: But this is different, Mom. You just don't understand! (Eye roll / stomp away)
Mom: I cannot believe he just teensplaining me about something I experienced 30 years before he existed! How does he think she automatically knows more than me and has to explain it?
Teen: Mom, wait until you see what happens when the power goes out.
Mom: You mean when their phone lines are down?
Teen: Did know that phones went down back then?
Mom: Yes.
Teen: Well, it was because there weren't cell phones and they had phone calls go through wires.
Mom: I know. I was a kid at the time.
Teen: But this is different, Mom. You just don't understand! (Eye roll / stomp away)
Mom: I cannot believe he just teensplaining me about something I experienced 30 years before he existed! How does he think she automatically knows more than me and has to explain it?
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to explain in a text message
Frank (text): what were they doin when u walkd in?
Lloyd (text): I can't textplain it..u just have to see it
Lloyd (text): I can't textplain it..u just have to see it
by buttnakedwunda April 11, 2010
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by ChelseaABK November 4, 2010
Get the texplainable mug.I can't be arsed to textplain it to you.
by MaverickMartin September 10, 2012
Get the Textplain mug.To try and explain something in a text message that requires substantial detail and often takes 5-10 text messages back and forth for clarification. In other words; textplaining is a waste of time.
The fool: "Hey what's up? What did you do this weekend, and what do you think about life as a concept in general?"
The victim: "Come'on now. To textplain this would be insane! Ante up and call"
The victim: "Come'on now. To textplain this would be insane! Ante up and call"
by anelephantstrunk January 22, 2014
Get the Textplain mug.To attempt to convey any concept of significant via some texting aparatus. This attempt is inevitably confounded by the limits of undersized digital buttons, autocorrection of words, numerous spelling errors, and the distance between the explainer and explanee.
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