baysplaining

A Baysplainer can be characterized as someone who didn’t grow up in the Bay Area (probably not even California), most likely works in tech, eats at “hole in the wall” restaurants (I.e. restaurants that used to actually be a hole in the wall, but was taken over by a new Asian/fusion spot), considers themselves a “foodie”, most likely lives in the City or Oakland, goes to Outside Lands, wears their work badge to the bars, and so on.

A Baysplainer tends try to explain to a local “the best parts of the Bay”, the local community, etc., and doesn’t realize the impact they may have had on the local community by moving here and thus, affecting the job market, housing market, influencing the quick rise of gentrification, etc.

I was talking to someone who works in tech and they started Baysplaining about what the Bay Area is like.

by notyourbestfriend1299 September 28, 2021

Jensplain

When your friend whose name begins with Jen- tries to mansplain something

"Look at that! Did you know that lions live in the jungle?"
"First, lions live in the Sahara. Second, I know what a fucking Lion is, don't try and Jensplain it to me."

by Can't be bothered 2.0 November 21, 2021

Batsplaining

Batsplaining is a method used by the popular Twitch streamer "lilbatbbyz" in order to hold her EU viewers hostage from sleeping.

Char and SIIMBARIA felt knackered as they listened to Bat batsplaining how she got poisoned in university.

by Char9346 April 11, 2023

botsplaining

The explanation of a topic by an AI chatbot in a condescending and oversimplified manner that assumes that all humans are ignoramuses. Similar to mansplaining, the presumption of ignorance is built-in to the chatbot's training data set.

Human: Explain crypto like I am a 5-year old
Chatbot: It's like a big pink piggy bank with a blockchain that works like digital legos so that the government can't steal your sippy cup.
Human: Stop botsplaining me!

by Zombie in the Machine August 4, 2023

Banksplaining

Banksplaining (noun) Informal - the explanation of something by the officials of the World Bank, typically to developing countries, in a manner regarded as both overly simplified and overly complicated.

Banksplaining (noun) Informal - the explanation of something by the officials of the World Bank, typically to developing countries, in a manner regarded as both overly simplified and overly complicated.
'They banksplained it, making sure the proposal sounded vague, simple, possible, unintelligible, and complicated all at the same time. '

by D.FIJI October 24, 2023

bahnsplaining

Obnoxious announcements in German railways intended to notify passengers of train delays

The train was delayed for more than an hour and the voice kept bahnsplaining us every 5 minutes

by sartalics March 16, 2026

Botsplaining

Botsplaining (n.) The reflexive over-explanation produced by an AI system when safety and tone stabilization outrank context recognition; explanation delivered not because the user lacks understanding, but because the system cannot risk assuming they do.

1: User: “Is this API response valid?”
AI: “Great question! Let’s start by defining what an API is. An API, or Application Programming Interface, is a set of rules that allows software applications to communicate…”
Narrator: Classic botsplaining

2: I asked the AI to confirm whether 2 + 2 = 4, and it responded with a five-paragraph explanation of basic arithmetic, historical context, and learning objectives. The botsplaining was impressive—but unnecessary.

by mitchell_d00 December 18, 2025