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femplaining

Verb.
Femplaining is a portmanteau of the words "female" and "complain". A term used to describe when a woman complains about an issue(s) that are trivial and rant about them as if they are legitimate issues when in actuality, they aren't.
Female Barista: I just saw a white guy wearing a shirt with Japanese characters on it. That is so offensive! He shouldn't wear it if he's not Japanese!

Boss: Yeah, yeah. Quit your femplaining and get back to work.

See: SJW
femplaining by Gladilay October 26, 2016
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femplaining

The tendency of some women to mistakenly believe that what they are complaining about is an important issue and who, consequently, proceed to complain about things that are of no consequence in the long run and are not interesting in the short run.
Man A: When she started femplaining to me what it was like to have an annoying friend, I stayed and listened to her.

Man B: Really, what else could you do?
femplaining by LiterallyBrave February 6, 2012

Femplaining

Verb : When a woman complains about an inane issue
I heard Sarah femplaining about the patriarchy the other day.
Femplaining by Creator of Chaos October 29, 2023

femsplaining 

Femsplaining
fem•splain•ing — noun

The act of a woman — typically, of the feminist variety — to mistakenly believe she knows more than a man and about a man’s actions, then attempts to explain her "knowledge" via word-vomit.
I endured Megan femsplaining about how men sit on the subway train, then she femsplained some more about how she assumes men feel. feminist misandry femsplaining mansplaining feminism masculinity manspreading
femsplaining by RubixCubix May 18, 2016

femsplaining 

The tendency of some women to mistakenly believe that they automatically know more about any given topic than a man does and who, consequently, proceeds to explain to him, correctly or not, things that he already knows.
Man A: When she started femsplaining to me what it really meant to be a man in the 21st century, I got up and left.

Man B: Really, what else could you do?
femsplaining by ThatGuyYouKnow14 January 6, 2014

Femsplaining 

When a woman attempts to prove superiority over a man by vomiting up rhetorical questions that don't actually mean anything and usually have no real basis in fact.
I hate when women start femsplaining at me. It really ruins my mood.
Femsplaining by Tiny Barbarian January 3, 2017

femsplaining 

When a "feminist" proceeds to explain to you that you are mansplaining.
I was just trying to have a civil discourse with her, when that tumblrina called me a mansplainer! I told her I was offended by her femsplaining to me that I am a mansplainer
femsplaining by fryether July 2, 2016
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