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Adminsplaining 

Adminsplaining: Like mansplaining but where a colleague (coincidentally often a man, but yes, not *always* because yes, not all men (sigh)) explains a thing you can do with a particular work app, whether you needed to know it or not and almost always regardless of whether you already knew about it or not.
"Hey, colleague, did you know that if you hold down cntrl when you click a link it opens in a new tab? "

"Gee, Gerry, thanks for adminsplaining that to me."

Hey, colleague, if you wear your swipe card on a lanyard then it'll always be there when you need it to get into the building.

Hey, colleague, Emails come to you inbox. Did you know that? Here let me show you.
Adminsplaining by Godster May 31, 2024
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Adminsplaining 

Adminsplaining: Like mansplaining but where a colleague (coincidentally often a man, but yes, not *always* because yes, not all men (sigh)) explains a thing you can do with a particular work app, whether you needed to know it or not and almost always regardless of whether you already knew about it or not.
"Hey, colleague, did you know that if you hold down cntrl when you click a link it opens in a new tab? "

"Gee, Gerry, thanks for adminsplaining that to me."

Hey, colleague, if you wear your swipe card on a lanyard then it'll always be there when you need it to get into the building.

Hey, colleague, Emails come to you inbox. Did you know that? Here let me show you.
Adminsplaining by Godster May 31, 2024
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Almansplaining 

When an alman accuses other people, who are much better versed in a specific topic, with the subject of ignorance because of their knowledge from the mainstream media, television scientists or a documentary, insisting that the other is wrong.

Even non Germans can be affected by “almansplaining” since the word “alman” refers to a person who is willless, government-loyal and who inevitably follows all calls from the established authority.
Oh look, Sascha almansplaining Mehmet again about his religion

Mehmet almansplaining again a nurse again about covid...
Almansplaining by CihMcsev January 19, 2021

almansplaining 

Noun:
A German specialty: explaining the intricacies of the Israel-Palestine conflict or defining Semitism with an air of condescending authority, as if Germany’s turbulent history with anti-Semitism suddenly grants them a PhD in Middle Eastern affairs.
Verb:
"to almansplain"
To lecture about Semitism or the Israel-Palestine conflict in a tone that suggests years spent not only studying history but also rewriting it, infused with the unique confidence of a nation historically notorious for getting it spectacularly wrong.

A mash-up of "Alman", a meme-worthy moniker for Germans with a penchant for unsolicited advice and rule-following, and "mansplaining", the art of condescending explanation usually reserved for men overestimating their own knowledge. Together, they form a term dripping with irony, highlighting a darkly humorous take on cultural arrogance.
"There he goes again, almansplaining how to solve centuries-old conflicts, because, you know, if you can’t trust the country that brought you the worst of 20th-century ideologies to guide you through moral quandaries, who can you trust?"
almansplaining by dosdne April 24, 2024
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