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womansplain

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.
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Womansplain

(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".
Womansplain by NowthatsT June 23, 2019

Womansplaining 

Explaining how a particular facet of life makes women victims at the fault of men.
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.

Womensplaining 

When a woman talks about how a man lives.
She keeps womensplaining.
Womensplaining by Feminism is an L February 8, 2018

Womanplaining

A portmanteau of the words woman and complaining
When a woman complains about a non problem or claims the problem just effects the female gender when it doesn't
-"Men manspread on public transportation and that offends me"
-"Jeez Sarah, stop womanplaining

-"Women are exposed to unrealistic body standards in media"
-"Lol, you do know that men are too, stop womansplaining"
Womanplaining by The splainer December 19, 2016

womansplaining 

When a person does not explaining anything at all but expects everyone to just "know" what they wanted
Dude: She got pissed at me because I didn't do something, but she never even told me I was supposed to do it. How was I suppose to know?
Other dude: Womansplaining man, you should have just known
womansplaining by JacquesHughes February 20, 2018

womansplaining 

Not to be confused with a feminine version mansplaining. What middle aged (often homophobic) women do to their kids.
“My mom told me that people are gay because they’re confused or following a trend.”
“No way- tell her to stop womansplaining.”
womansplaining by rottingbrains April 13, 2021