Misplain 

To incorrectly explain.

The word is formed by combining the prefix “mis” with the verb “explain” and then shortening the result because it’s more fun to say it this way.
Yes this isn’t a real word and no, no one’s going to bother checking if you use it in a conversation…but you manage to get away with using a fake word and fooling everyone!

“It’s not my fault, I guess Ted just misplained the rules of the club to me.”
“Joe, it’s pretty common knowledge that you shouldn’t set your friend’s dick on fire.”

Misplain by Ryuk_uwu August 23, 2022

misplain 

When you explain something in such a unnecessarily complicated and obscure matter that the listener is even more confused than before.

I thought I had understood the concept quite quickly, but he totally misplained the whole it confused everybody completely.

misplain by Danlod2 May 7, 2025

milsplaining

milsplaining (blend word ‘military’ & informal form splaining of gerund ‘explaining’) is pejorative term meaning "(of a squaddie) to comment on or explain something to #civvy in condescending, overconfident, often inaccurate or oversimplified manner"
It is total bravado based on a rigid hierarchy where people have to do exactly as you tell them even if you are an utter knob. Civvies don’t give a shit about rank & will tell you to poke it.

I’m not #milsplaining you thick Civvy twat, I’m giving you guidance based on my considerable military knowledge gleamed from Commando comics & years of mucking other military around. I have zero knowledge of real world but if I shout & point, you will have to do what I say!

milsplaining by Bumsnorkler December 4, 2019

McSplaining 

When McDonalds tries to explain how their chemical-laden processed food is fresh, natural and healthy.

McSplaining: "See, here's our natural potatoes coming into this factory... here's where we send them through the slicing machine, here's where we fry them... oh, and pay no attention here... it's just where we dip them in ***dextrose*** and ***sodium acid pyrophosphate***."

McSplaining by ephemeralman January 23, 2015

McSplaining 

When a person with Dyspraxia takes in information the wrong way and retaliates back with their own answer which has nothing to do with what the person said

Johnnys mother ask Johnny how he was today and Johnny replys with "What is their something wrong with me whats wrong with me" and Johnnys mother says "Sweetheart your McSplaining again I just wanted to know how you are"

McSplaining by OllieTheRabbit July 2, 2019

MILsplaining

MILsplaining (a union of the acronym for Mother In Law - MIL and the informal variant of the verb explaining - 'splaining') is a play on the word Mansplaining where the informee is usually more informed on a topic than the informer. In this case, the MIL uses a condescending and patronising tone when providing a son- or daughter-in-law advice they are not seeking and/or information already well in their grasp. The advice generally concerns medical and parenting topics presented as indisputable 'facts' without evidence or reasonable adjustment to scientific or technological developments of the past 30-100 years. The condescending MILspaining tone also implies a criticism or judgement of the son- or daughter-in-law, or the couple.

She was describing the birth of her child when her Mother-In-Law started MILsplaining what the birth was really like, despite the Mother-In-Law not being present and mixing up the details. In the end, the Mother-In-Law informed her that she was wrong about her own labour, instead the birthing experience must have been different and bearing a remarkable likeness to her husband's birth some 35 years prior.

MILsplaining by UrbanGreening May 23, 2018

midsplaining 

A pejorative term referring to when a midlevel (e.g. nurse practitioner, physician assistant, etc) comments on or explains medical knowledge to a physician in an overconfident and often oversimplified manner.

Nurse Practitioner: "I think we should always order pregnancy tests for female clients. It's the only way to practice."
Physician: "Not if they've had a bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. Remember your limitations and cut down on the midsplaining."

midsplaining by Pagano J June 23, 2021