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Rimsplain 

When an individual tries to explain something outrageously complex using common Ogre speak; misspelling words, using as little syllables as possible, and generally using horrible grammar.
Let me Rimsplain the ball and the bat riddle for you. Da mud ball n da club is wun dullor n ten sentz tegeder n da keschun aks if da mud ball n da clubziz wun dullor ten sentz wen da pris ad togedar da club iz wun dullor mur den da mud ball den wut da mud ball worfts? Me finks dat cuz if yoo dooz da mafs n derz fingy wer so dat if yooz must pepulz sae it da mud ball iz ten sentz but dat rong cuz if da club iz wun dullor mur den da mud ball n da mud ball iz ten sentz den dat make da club wun dullor n ten sentz n dat meen dat da todel iz wun dullor twenny sentz. Da rel ansur ta da kaschun iz dat mud ball iz fib sentz n da club iz wun dullor n fib sentz so dat make club wun dullor mur den da mud ball n fif sent pluz wun dullor fif sent iz wun dullor ten sent n rember fum da ginin uv dis dat da todel cos iz wun dullor ten sentz!
Rimsplain by Xkallubar February 2, 2023
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richsplaining

(of a a rich person) to comment on or explain something about those who are not rich (especially about those in poverty) in a condescending, overconfident, and often blatantly prevaricating. May be directed at person on how they should elevate themselves, in such a manner as to make apparent that wealthy person's lack of understanding of the realities of people that make less than middle class, especially the dynamics involved in economics for those in poverty.
They tend to focus on bad things that happen to other rich people like them and greatly understate when it occurs to those of lower economic standing and understating the extent of harms. includes attributing police confrontations, such as getting arrested and or shot, for criminal nature, rather than a tendency for law enforcement officers to arrest or shoot people of colorwhile simultaneously tending not to do so to other white individuals (especially rich individuals that might claim affluenza in such a case).
Often a very strong example of actor observer bias found in affluent populations.

Compare and contrast mansplaining where, instead of a rich person with no understanding of the dynamics of poverty talking down to a poor person, it's a man that might have some insight into a subject, talking down to a woman, thinking they're having an argument and explaining to a woman that already knows the information and, occasionally, turns out to be an expert in the field.
"If you had to work more than one job to have a roof over your head or food on the table, you probably shouldn't have taken the job that's not paying you enough. That'd be a you problem" Ben Shapiro richsplaining the mistake of accepting jobs to pay bills.

"It's been told that we are living through an epidemic of racially biased police shootings of black men. This, too, is false." - Heather Mac Donald: Thin, old white woman safely ensconced on her gated community richsplaining her disbelief over police violence.

"if you're poor stop being poor" - former New York Stock Exchange managing director Todd Wilemon richsplaining
richsplaining by b_b_OK September 21, 2019

Resplain 

Restating and explaining again and again and again a point or topic or some piece of information that a person should already know.
Tom was asked to attend a recurring meeting that he already had attended previously. In talking to Tom we had resplain the meeting and the purpose.
Resplain by Petee5 May 6, 2012

Rimspinner 

To be Gay, but not as in Happy
Rimspinner-When someone likes the same gender

Richsplaining

Richsplaining: When a person who hasn't experienced poverty gives you patronizing advice on how to get out of poverty.

Working one job full-time for minimum wage will NOT get you out of a homeless shelter. But if you work two jobs, you will be late for check-in and the shelter won't let you in.
"You should just get a job if you don't want to be homeless" Richsplaining to the beggar.
Richsplaining by TommH December 26, 2017

Rimsplitter 

A huge shit that makes you feel as though you'll be bleeding out through your ringpiece for weeks.
Dear God, that was one hell of a rimsplitter.
Rimsplitter by shoe face January 16, 2008

richsplain 

to explain how poor people should behave, while rich.
Listen to Ben Carson richsplain poverty: "I think poverty to a large extent is also a state of mind. You take somebody that has the right mindset, you can take everything from them and put them on the street, and I guarantee in a little while they'll be right back up there. And you take somebody with the wrong mindset, you could give them everything in the world, they'll work their way right back down to the bottom."
richsplain by BoudinFatal November 3, 2017