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Whitesplaining

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When a white person tries to explain to a person of colour about their own culture, history, language and behaves like they are more informed about it.
Radha: Not that Karen trying to tell me about Indian history

Bingwen: what the hell is this whitesplaining
Radha: Tell me about it, when I said "Girl I am Indian" she literally ignored me!
Whitesplaining by pissedoffpoc August 29, 2021
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Whitesplaining

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When a white person tells a person of color how to respond to or view a topic, usually when discussing race relations or inequality
Chad: Cops kill more white people than black people, on average.
Jasmine: Probably because there are more white people in America than there are black, but way to go whitesplaining again, Chad.
Whitesplaining by Bootydick May 27, 2020

Whitesplaining

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Any topic taught or discussed by a white person that is remotely connected with non-white issues to an audience of color that is found to make said people of color uncomfortable or jealous or triggered.
Shoot, bro, when dat white dude started telling me that my calling white girls cracka hoes was racist, I says how DARE you start whitesplaining anything to me, you damned oppressor!
Whitesplaining by jlujan69 August 31, 2020

Whitesplaining

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When white people try to explain to other ethnicities about their culture in a derivative or arrogant way.
I was talking to Sam, Savannah, Katherine and Kayla earlier. They kept whitesplaining to me.
Whitesplaining by Ricejam300 December 31, 2017

Whitesplaining

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verb, when dumbass honkies poorly explain racism to the very victims of racism. See also: reverse racism
Black person: I was talking to some wolf loving white weirdo on dissy.
Someone else: really?
Black person: he tried whitesplaining the N word to me!

Someone else: you know he locks door at red lights....
Whitesplaining by CrimsonBeefcake February 28, 2024

whitesplaining

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white people explaining things about other cultures to someone of that culture
yeah Chad is whitesplaining slavery to jamarcus
whitesplaining by KAlexisThomas January 17, 2025

wifesplaining 

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When no matter what you say, your wife explains why they were right all along.
Even though her directions got us lost, I still got 20 minutes of wifesplaining how I made us late.
wifesplaining by Darth Frak May 23, 2018
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Striver 

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The striver is an interesting phenomenon that is seen across college campuses. In essence, the striver is an over-achiever who comes from a working or middle class family. He may be an immigrant. He may have been a slacker in HS who was "born again" into an academic wunderkind. Or he may just be an over-achiever who is keeping at it.

The striver is willing to sacrifice his social life at the expense of Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude. The striver is the guy who stays at the library long after you are gone. The striver is the guy who takes 30 credits/semester and considers anything below an A/4.0 failure. The striver doesn't work on campus, he is too busy finding ways to pad his resume instead of working retail or workstudy. The striver lets his grades pay his education by applying to ten scholarships a year.

The striver is a future Soros/Fullbright/Rhodes/Gates/Marshall/etc. fellow. The striver lives to study. For the striver, their fun comes from the rewards they expect to receive in return for their diligence. Be it Law School, B-School, academia, or politics. The striver seeks to find the American Dream through academic success.
Anthony was a striver. He transfered from a TTT to an IVY and graduated in 2 years. He studied his ass off and went to Penn Law. He got a Biglaw offer. But lost it all because of an unmoderated mesasgeboard.

Successful strivers:
- Barack Obama
- Harold Koh
Striver by URM Striver January 3, 2009
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