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naansplaining 

When someone who is not Desi/South Asian tries to explain a concept or offer an incorrect pronunciation to someone who is South Asian because the former think they know better.
White person: "Would you like some naan bread with your order?"
Desi person: "We don't say naan bread. Naan is a type of bread."
White person: "No, we call it naan bread."
Desi person: "I am Indian. My family is from India. Are you naansplaining?"
naansplaining by PurdueGuy79 November 30, 2022

nerdsplaining 

Explaining in an overly intellectual, obsessively detailed way, particularly when the topic is obscure or highly technical.
can you just stop nerdsplaining the chemical process, please? I just want to enjoy the fucking burger!
nerdsplaining by blackpawz June 9, 2018

nansplaining 

When your nanna, or any other grandmotherly figure, tries to tell you your shit like she knows you.
"no nanna I don't need a jacket"
"Quiet, of course you do it's 80 degrees out"
"Quit nansplaining, hag"
nansplaining by daddymann December 14, 2019

Nerdsplaining 

(Nerd•splay•ning) Verb. To explain a subject, in excruciating detail, to someone who absolutely doesn’t give a shit. Similar to Mansplaining, except the victim is uninterested in the information being forced upon them, rather already aware of it.
My girlfriend had no interest in all of the mythological inaccuracies in Disney’s Hercules, but I couldn’t help Nerdsplaining them to her, anyway.
Nerdsplaining by Jimminy Dodson March 25, 2022

Nansplaining 

When unsolicited advice or direction is given to you by a Nan or Grandmother not necessarily in an intentionally condescending tone, but as if you have no knowledge of what is being explained.
"Yo did your Nan just Nansplained what a nectarine is?"

"Jonathan, your mum is Nansplaining Amazon for the fourth time this week!"
Nansplaining by WiltonCrew June 19, 2023

Naansplaining 

(v) to explain another person's culture to themselves
Sheldon *It is typical in India for arranged marriages to occur in many families at an early age"

Raj " Why are you naansplaining Indian culture to me?"
Naansplaining by Rtk1980 July 3, 2025