To passive-aggressively suggest a motivation behind a certain action or statement that has next to nothing to do with the current situation or with reality generally, but which instead is related to another event or statement that took place days, if not weeks or years earlier.
While eating a meal cooked for me by my girlfriend, I asked why she seemed so bitter. She womansplained that she was upset with me for having refused her mother's offer for seconds on her caserole, 2 years earlier.
by don quixote454545 March 01, 2011
(of a woman) explain (something) to someone, typically a man, in a manner regarded as condescending or patronizing.
Man : Hey Miss, I'm Looking for Starbucks can you help me? actually I am new here..
Woman : you just need an excuse to talk to us. gosh!! ahh I hate men...
Man : What I Did Wrong? Please forgive me if i have hurt you Don't get angry I'll ask someone else..
Stranger : dude, don't worry.. she must be a feminazi cause she's "womansplaining".
Woman : you just need an excuse to talk to us. gosh!! ahh I hate men...
Man : What I Did Wrong? Please forgive me if i have hurt you Don't get angry I'll ask someone else..
Stranger : dude, don't worry.. she must be a feminazi cause she's "womansplaining".
by NowthatsT June 24, 2019
Someone womansplaining: My boyfriend was too lazy to wash up so I had to do it. This is another example of how men are systemically oppressing women.
by notyourfiend January 08, 2018
Wokely highlighting obvious aspects of things everyone has considered under the assumption a man couldn't ever have considered or understand structural inequalities.
Her: "Mansplaining is actually when a man condescendingly explains things to a woman, usually because on an unconscious level they consider them less intelligent, although they don't know that they hold these beliefs, as they have been reinforced by wider cultural factors"
Me: "Yes I know, Karen, I just used it in a sentence, stop Womansplaining at me"
Me: "Yes I know, Karen, I just used it in a sentence, stop Womansplaining at me"
by SumoVega June 08, 2020
The act of a woman actively avoiding a question by making an attempt to divert the conversation to a new topic.
Man: Why do you dislike Donald Trump?
Woman: why do you think that Hillary Clinton is an unsuitable president?
The woman here clearly can't think of a reason to dislike Donald Trump and is trying to divert the conversation towards a subject that she thinks the man wont have an answer for or now anything about thus enacting the fine art of womansplaining
Woman: why do you think that Hillary Clinton is an unsuitable president?
The woman here clearly can't think of a reason to dislike Donald Trump and is trying to divert the conversation towards a subject that she thinks the man wont have an answer for or now anything about thus enacting the fine art of womansplaining
by Genticles December 28, 2016
Womansplaining: act of resorting to lies and deceit or other dishonest measures in a desperate attempt to regain control of a situation. Denying facts over feelings.
"Men are stronger physically than women due to genetics"
Womansplaining: "No women are catching up to men and have always been equal in every aspect often times even more so."
Womansplaining: "No women are catching up to men and have always been equal in every aspect often times even more so."
by Wackadoodoo December 09, 2018
When a woman describes in detail a conversation that took place, often one that the listener was present for
Womansplaining is annoying
by Mightyjohnjohn June 02, 2017