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dumbsplaining 

Dumbsplaining

(mænspleɪnɪŋ)

v

1. The act of ironically revealing one's state of complete mental retardation by attempting to invoke one of a myriad of "splaining" terms such as "mansplaining" or "whitesplaining" in order to shut down an argument.
Seamus PatrickBarrett - oh sorry didn't mean to bust you out for you d--- riding using profanity. I guess wise master typo hunters don't use the naughty words. I can't never be so good at words as you.😣 again, thank you for your magnificent whitesplaining.

Justin Von Striver - I'm going to coin the term #dumbsplaining in your honor, Seamus.
dumbsplaining by Juangalt June 1, 2017

devsplaining 

When a software developer explains why the application (formally known as, 'teh codes') acts in a certain way that is surprising to the non-technical user.

Often the engineer will accidentally come off as arrogant or boorish. This may be to compensate for the fact they are trying to pass off a bug as intended behavior.... or that they are just as confused by this behavior as the end-user.

parallel to mansplaining or mansplain
Kenneth the brogrammer was devsplaining why the calendar picker used EDT vs. EST, even though he really had no idea there was a difference...
devsplaining by Marojejian October 7, 2015

Dadsplaining 

When a father answers his child's question, no matter how simple, with undesired and tangentially relevant information and life advise.
I asked my dad where the spare tire was and he must have gone on for half an hour dadsplaining how to change it. I'll be damned if that information didn't come in handy a couple months later.
Dadsplaining by EmptySea September 2, 2017

Dudesplaining 

"Dudes" that are vaguely "splaining" every damn thing imaginable. Some talk about dicks, some talk about LeBron James, some talk about absolutely nothing pertaining to much of anything.
Just a group of guys dudesplaining shit the world needs to hear. Explaining random informative
Dudesplaining by Nubbs69 August 10, 2017

gunsplaining 

Correction of technical inaccuracies or clarification of conflated or incorrect terms related to firearms.
Clarifying the difference between semi-automatic and fully automatic is gunsplaining.

Dogsplaining

1) The different barks, tail wags and motions a dog uses to get the attention of their owner for food, to go to the bathroom, to go for a walk or to play.

2) The rhetorical questions people ask their dogs using baby talk as they care for them. Of course the dog can't answer, but the talk pleases their owners.

canine, canine crazy, pets , pet parents, dog, puppy, bark, animal, man's best friend, four-legged friend
My golden retriever ran into my room with his leash, he was dogsplaining that he had to poop.
Dogsplaining by joecoolthefool June 18, 2016