1. The act of an American explaining aspects of another culture to individuals from that culture, often with an oversimplified or incorrect understanding.
2. The particularly presumptuous manner in which some Americans take it upon themselves to enlighten people about their own cultural practices, history, or beliefs, typically lacking in-depth knowledge or awareness of the nuances involved.
2. The particularly presumptuous manner in which some Americans take it upon themselves to enlighten people about their own cultural practices, history, or beliefs, typically lacking in-depth knowledge or awareness of the nuances involved.
I couldn't believe it when he started to Yanksplain to me the history of my own country, as if I hadn't lived there my whole life.
by CypherCommando February 25, 2024
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"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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When a Yankee explains something to a Southerner in a condescending and smug manner, such as telling Kentuckians they are “getting soft”, when schools close due to single digit temperatures.
Kentucky governor Matt Bevin, who grew up in New Hampshire, just yankeesplained that Kentuckians are getting too soft because schools have been closed for single digit temperatures.
by KyContessa February 1, 2019
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The internet has been full of Yankstains since "9/11," and if I have to read another badly-spelled piece of crap about how shit the French are, I swear I will take an aeroplane and crash it where the sun doesn't shine.
by Voice of reason (the plane part was a joke, though April 24, 2003
Get the Yankstain mug.Having your friend Ankur explain something to you, because he’s pretty smart and it’s faster and more informative than Google.
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by sizerth November 18, 2022
Get the Anksplain mug."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."
"Have you considered your grandparents are just spreading Nazi propaganda?"
"Please stop Tanksplaining history to me."
by Ramziii September 27, 2023
Get the tanksplaining mug.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. '
'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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