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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."
by ActuallyIrish September 7, 2021
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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."
by Ramziii September 27, 2023
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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. '
by D.FIJI October 24, 2023
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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."
by BrittleBonesSmith February 22, 2024
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