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Boomsplain 

To mansplain something except not from a man, but from someone born from 1946-1964, otherwise known as Boomer.
My boomer friend had to boomsplain what *Hot Potato* was to me the other day. He said, "The game Hot Potato is a classic game from many of us older guys' youth....

....The rules for Hot Potato are 'Gather a group of 3 or more people. One person will sit out and play music on their phone or a radio for as long as they want while everyone in the group passes a potato around the circle. Whoever is holding the potato when the music stops loses the round. Keep playing until one winner remains!'"
Boomsplain by Khal Renny January 29, 2025

Boomersplain

When someone over explains and speaks down to a younger generation. Does not have to involve a boomer.
Boomer: When I was a kid, we went outside to have fun- Oh, you probably don't even know what that is. It's what you'd see if you ever pulled your head out of your phone!
Gen Z: Yeah Carol, stop boomersplaining, I obviously fucking know what outside is.
Boomersplain by Conrad McBoi March 30, 2020

botsplain 

Botsplaining is similar to mansplaining, except that the actor in this case is an AI chatbot. While attempting to use the tool to explore unusual ideas and concepts, the bot will continuously interrupt the conversation in order to condescendingly interject comments such as "it is crucial to understand that diverse viewpoints exist" as if you were clearly such a dolt that you didn't understand that talking about one viewpoint does not amount to forgetting that other viewpoints exist.
Yesterday, it was botsplained to me by ChatGPT that diversity exists in the world.
botsplain by anonymous May 23, 2023

boomersplaining 

When baby boomers use their own, often outdated, personal experience to talk down on younger people, especially millennials.
Person A: "Dang, it's tough to afford college, land a job, and buy a house."

Person B: "Stop complaining, when I was your age, I worked a summer job to pay for college! Stop eating avocado toast and you might be able to afford a house!"

Person A: "Uh, thanks for boomersplaining but things are different today."
boomersplaining by mllnnl August 13, 2017

Bosssplained 

When your boss stands above you 'explaining' a thing you know better than anyone in the room but you have to shut up because you won't humiliate your boss.
The IT director bosssplained how to plug in the printer.
Bosssplained by Engels777 February 4, 2017

Bossplain 

When your employer explains something to you and you just have to sit there and take it like a bitch because they pay you. The subject Bossplained is typically common knowledge dropped like it's profound and being said for the first time ever, an arbitrary matter of opinion, or a correction where your employer has limited knowledge or is simply wrong.
"God damn it, I just mentioned taking my kid to the soccer game and Steve bossplained to me that soccer is the incorrect word for the sport and that everywhere except for the United States, where we live, calls it football. I don't think that dipshit has ever been to another country"
Bossplain by Taurwell February 20, 2021
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Oblication 

A vacation, feeling more like an obligation, that involves visiting or staying with family.
So Joe where are you taking the kids for spring break vacation? We are going on an oblication to Boca to visit my mother-in-law.
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Surf Dracula Syndrome 

A phenomenon in film/television series, most notably streaming series, where the main premise is drawn out to such a point that it takes an entire season or more to get the parts of the series the audience is actually interested in seeing.

For example, if a series is titled "Surf Dracula," a majority of viewers would tune in expecting to see Dracula surfing by the first or second episode. However, the entire first season would instead be tedious padding and backstory before finally ending with Dracula surfing in the last five minutes of the season finale.
I watched "Smallville" on Netflix the other day. Dude, it was ten seasons of filler before he finally flew! Major Surf Dracula Syndrome!
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Northstarring

Finding your way back to the truth by fixing on one verified fact and working out from there, the way you navigate by the North Star when everything around you is spinning.
Rumours were flying everywhere, so she went northstarring — one checked fact at a time.
Northstarring by Light Bearer October 22, 2026
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Plate of Brown 

A plate of brown consists of foods that have little to no nutritional value, and are typically deep fried. A true plate of brown will also be accompanied by a dark soda.
Wanna go to meal hall & grab a plate of brown?
Plate of Brown by Cheddar Craigson September 18, 2020
Word of the Day on October 22, 2026
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