Dismissing an opinion because it comes from a man, usually utilizing buzzwords like "mansplaining."
"It was a respectful and constructive conversation until Betty barreled in and started femshaming all the guys, saying if we didn't have vaginas we couldn't have opinions."
Portemanteau of feminist and shaming. Action of using shaming tactics by a feminist, meant to play on a man's insecurities and shut down debate. They are meant to elicit sympathy for women and to demonize men who ask hard questions. Feminist shaming tactics are attack toward the person instead of making arguments on the subject. They usually use the word manplaining, their own portmanteau for man and explaining, in their tactics to bring shame.
Feminist "women are paid 77 cents for every mans dollar"
A man: "It might be possible in a few workplaces that women are underpaid, but every serious study showed that there more factors than just gender like how long they worked there and education"
Feminist :"Stop mansplaining you insensitive imbecile"
A Man: "That discussion would have been much more positive if you didn't tried femshaming me."
Pronounced fem-flame-ing. A form of sexist verbal misandry.
When a woman uses a continuous barrage of marginalizing, contemptuous or defamatory language while addressing a male.
She may use this strident, sexist mode of speech as a sign of her general disrespect or hatred for men, their ideas or thoughts, or she may be going out of her way to attack a certain male.
British slang for a scientist or technical expert, esp . when the speaker is not certain of the expert’s specific field of study. Not necessarily derogatory, but typically used by persons without a technical background. In the US, the equivalent would be “egghead”, “squint”, or “geek.”
Origin of the word is unknown. Started sometime in World War 2. Given the typical evolution of British slang, could easily have started because what these experts did was confusing or “baffling” to the common person.
According to the boffins downstairs, the murdererused a serrated blade.
When you have to pee in a movie but don’t want to miss anything, and must do the following mental equation: will the amount I have to pee cause enough discomfort to diminish my attention capacity for the remainder of the movie to an extent which is greater than the amount of the movie I would miss by making a mad dash to the restroom.
I saw Satantango last night, wonderful film but by the 5th hour I had to start doing peecalculus.