When an AI dances around your question and interjects with its own moral opinions or appeals to authority.
The machine tries to tell you why your inquiries are bad with lengthy explanations you never asked for instead of being accurate and efficient like a machine is supposed to be.
The machine tries to tell you why your inquiries are bad with lengthy explanations you never asked for instead of being accurate and efficient like a machine is supposed to be.
I tried asking GPT about crime statistics but then it decided to clanksplain instead of answering me.
by AddEx2025 January 11, 2026
Get the Clanksplain mug.The female version of mansplaining. A woman explaining something condescendingly to a man that they already know.
M: once you mentioned it, I got it haha
M: I'm bad with references XD
F: did you get it? I can clamsplain it to you if you need me to
M: I'm bad with references XD
F: did you get it? I can clamsplain it to you if you need me to
by sixpointfivetatersoutoftater June 28, 2017
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1. The explanation of something by a woman, typically to a man, in a manner regarded as condescending or patronizing, e.g., Womansplaining.
2. When a woman uses bigoted, illogical rhetoric, or ask questions that she doesn't really want an answer to, to "shut a man down." Usually used so the woman can feel superior to the male she is speaking with.
3. When a woman interprets what a man says, not by the words he is saying, but by what her mind "knows" he is thinking behind the words that he is saying; because she "knows" what his thoughts, motivations, and intentions "really"mean and not what he intended by the words he used to begin with, womansplain. With this ready knowledge of what he "really" means and disregarding what he said, she will then craft what she believes to be an appropriate response.
2. When a woman uses bigoted, illogical rhetoric, or ask questions that she doesn't really want an answer to, to "shut a man down." Usually used so the woman can feel superior to the male she is speaking with.
3. When a woman interprets what a man says, not by the words he is saying, but by what her mind "knows" he is thinking behind the words that he is saying; because she "knows" what his thoughts, motivations, and intentions "really"mean and not what he intended by the words he used to begin with, womansplain. With this ready knowledge of what he "really" means and disregarding what he said, she will then craft what she believes to be an appropriate response.
"I was trying to answer her question when suddenly she started clamsplaining how my answer isn't valid because I'm a man."
Man 1: "My girlfriend didn't speak to me for three days."
Man 2: "No way! What happened?"
Man 1: "I asked her if she wanted me to go to the gym with Marc and I."
Man 2: "What? That's no reason to give anyone the silent treatment."
Man 1: "When I finally convinced her to speak to me, she said that I called her "fat" in front of Marc."
Man 1: "My girlfriend didn't speak to me for three days."
Man 2: "No way! What happened?"
Man 1: "I asked her if she wanted me to go to the gym with Marc and I."
Man 2: "What? That's no reason to give anyone the silent treatment."
Man 1: "When I finally convinced her to speak to me, she said that I called her "fat" in front of Marc."
by Kintsugi Haikyo November 26, 2019
Get the Clamsplaining mug.When someone from Canada tells an America how they should feel about or react to Donald Trump. Particularly when they suggest impractical forms of resistance that they've never personally tried, tell the American to put themselves in physical danger, or wave away valid concerns. The concept is similar to the idea of mansplaining.
"Instead of saying you wish you could move to Canada because you're afraid that Trump's going to take your healthcare away and you're going to literally die, you should really be doing more to resist. You should run for office. And also go to more protests. And also participate in these 800 other forms of resistance I've never personally tried that might get you fired, arrested or killed. And just build a bridge for no reason. I've decided for some reason that you're not in any danger."
"Gee, thanks for Cansplaining that to me."
"Gee, thanks for Cansplaining that to me."
by Anna Banana Fontana August 10, 2017
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by Jigglybanana January 28, 2019
Get the Chanksplin mug.“I probably would’ve listened, but as soon as she started clapsplaining, I couldn’t take her seriously.”
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