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Yanksplain 

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.
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.
Yanksplain by CypherCommando February 25, 2024
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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."
YankSplaining by ActuallyIrish September 7, 2021

Yankeesplain 

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.
Yankeesplain by KyContessa February 1, 2019

Yankstain 

An annoying American who feels the need to constantly assert their country's superiority, unaware that doing so actually demonstrates insecurity and self-doubt.

See the definitions for America
And also wankstain
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.

Anksplain 

Having your friend Ankur explain something to you, because he’s pretty smart and it’s faster and more informative than Google.

AKA LAEITY: Let Ankur Explain It To You
Can you Anksplain to me what the hell a Secret Santa party is?
Anksplain by sizerth November 18, 2022

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