YankSplaining 

When a person/seppo from the US tries to teach a person from another country about their own culture; usually incorrectly

"This dude from Minnesota tried YankSplaining to me that the Blarney Stone was in Dublin, and when I tried to correct him he told me it was sad that I didn't know my own culture and that he was more Irish than me."

YankSplaining by ActuallyIrish September 7, 2021

tanksplaining 

"Tanksplaining" is when tankies "mansplain" to Soviet Union Survivors and their descendants that they're "spreading Nazi propaganda" and they didn't really suffer under the authoritarian regime.

"The Soviet Union waited for the Warsaw uprising to end before marching in like martyrs and then sent my grandparents and many others who fought the Nazis off to the Gulag camp."

"Have you considered your grandparents are just spreading Nazi propaganda?"

"Please stop Tanksplaining history to me."

tanksplaining by Ramziii September 27, 2023

Banksplaining 

Banksplaining (noun) Informal - the explanation of something by the officials of the World Bank, typically to developing countries, in a manner regarded as both overly simplified and overly complicated.

Banksplaining (noun) Informal - the explanation of something by the officials of the World Bank, typically to developing countries, in a manner regarded as both overly simplified and overly complicated.
'They banksplained it, making sure the proposal sounded vague, simple, possible, unintelligible, and complicated all at the same time. '

Banksplaining by D.FIJI October 24, 2023

hanksplaining 

the explanation of something about Tom Hanks, typically to a Tom Hanks fan, in a manner regarded as condescending or patronizing.

"I know my Toy Story, don't you go hanksplaining to me."

hanksplaining by BrittleBonesSmith February 22, 2024

Banksplaining

A form of gaslighting that uses the authority of “banks,” “finance,” or “the economy” to dismiss critique of financial systems. The perpetrator explains why banking regulations, interest rates, or credit systems must work as they do—often invoking inevitability or technical complexity—while portraying any alternative as naive. Banksplaining is common in debates about predatory lending, student debt, or monetary policy, where the speaker presents the current financial order as a natural fact rather than a political choice.

Example: “She argued for student debt cancellation; he explained how banks need ‘collateralization’ and ‘risk pricing’ to function. Banksplaining: treating a political choice as an immutable law of finance.”

Banksplaining by Abzugal April 1, 2026