Bansplaining

A Digitallighting tactic where the perpetrator “explains” to a target why they deserve to be banned, often before the ban has even been issued, and frames the explanation as helpful feedback. Bansplaining is used to pre‑justify a ban, to make the target feel that their own behavior is clearly toxic, and to deter others from supporting them. It often appears in servers where a clique controls moderation: the target is told in detail how they “failed” to meet community standards, while the provocations that led to their reaction are ignored.

Example: “After she defended herself against his bait, a mod DMed her a 10‑point list of why her ‘tone’ was unacceptable—bansplaining, justifying exclusion by reframing her response as the offense.”

Bansplaining by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal March 25, 2026

fansplaining 

When a fan tries to explain something to a pro athlete, coach, GM or entertainer about the pro's craft. Takeoff of mansplaining.

(fan) "If you open your batting stance, you'll see the ball better."
(pro athlete) "Quit fansplaining! I'm the pro athlete, not you!"

fansplaining by The Runs June 10, 2017

Tansplaining 

When a British person (tan) explains something thats blantantly obvious/false in a condescending manner to an Irish person because they're British, think they're "great" and have no grasp on their countries history.

"You know you Irish should say thanks to us if we didn't invade you you'd still be picking potatoes"
"Class tansplaining"

Tansplaining by Glue Potter November 7, 2019

Bernsplaining 

The act of Sanders supporters condescendingly telling you that you don't really understand what is going on.

"Man, the braided beard dude at the Blue Bottle chewed me out for like 10 minutes when I said I liked Hillary's views on women's rights."
"Don't worry about it, girl, that guy is always Bernsplaining everybody."

Bernsplaining by evan1022 June 3, 2016

Meta-Mansplaining 

When frustrated manly men go and flood the Urban Dictionary with their definitions of the word Mansplaining, because they know it better than the feminists, actually.

Greg is so pissed off because his professor didn't want to hear him explain her area of expertise to her in his opinion, so he went meta-mansplaining in UD and invited all his friends too. (See mansplaining )

Meta-Mansplaining by Chnuma September 7, 2017

Mansplaining 

When a man explains something to a woman in a patronizing tone as if the woman is too emotional and illogical to understand.

"She got all pissed at me for no reason!" cried Ira, "Accusing me of mansplaining."
Aziz shook his head. "Women! Right?"

Mansplaining by Babydoll75 March 6, 2019

Sansplaining 

When people from San Francisco interrupt you while you're having a neutral discussion to assert their misplaced sense of entitlement and reassure you that whatever you're talking about they definitely inherently know the answer, after all, they're from San Francisco.

Tom was talking to John, a San Franciscan, about the topic of homelessness until John interrupted Tom mid sentence and began sansplaining to Tom because he feels a false sense of superiority which he carries as badge of entitlement wherever he goes.

Sansplaining by Billy Grippo July 6, 2019