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gradsplain

gradsplain: when a grad student reads one or two books then feels the need to (mis)explain any and every academic concept to everyone they interact with, mostly to tell said people that they are somehow wrong about their own thoughts, opinions, and/or experiences.

Gradsplainers do not generally care even if those they interact with have superior training, experience, schooling, or degrees.
Cindy: See, the thing is, according to my thesis and this article I just found, you are totally wrong about (insert Marxism, feminism, socialism, capitalism, ableism, racism, string theory, quantum physics, Dr. Who, etc.)

John: First, I teach this class. Second, I wrote the article you cite. Stop gradsplaining to me.
by fauxpow April 6, 2016
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grasspaint

Eww, she had grasspaint all over me last night.
by lalaohlala November 29, 2009
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Gransplain

When you have to break down the meaning of a current saying or word, so your granny can understand. You also need to say it LOUDLY!
Me: This party is lit! Granny: you lit what?? Do you need a match? Me: Let me Gransplain...This is a very exciting party. Granny: What? Me: GOOD PARTY!
by Jaybird417 December 24, 2018
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Godsplaining

To attribute divine significance to something, usually in a forced manner
Random lady: These flowers start blooming during the Pentacostal period once a year. Before bloom, it looks like praying saints, after bloom it looks like a flying dove. How amazing is God's creation!

Friend: Are they godsplaining nature? The flowers bloom when the light, temperature, and climate conditions are right.
by Dorchid September 13, 2017
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glamsplaining

When you are super *fabulous* and you simply *must* share your opinion with others, whether they ask for it or not.

Glamsplaining can be humorous, snarky, or even cruel, but it tends to be brutally honest.
A: Oh. My God. You *cannot* wear those shoes with that outfit!
B: Geez! Stop glamsplaining me!

Queer Eye for the Straight Guy is a reality show built on glamsplaining.
by sozh April 21, 2018
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Gaysplaining

When one gay person begins to explain something pertaining to the gay community, via mansplaining method, and the recipient is well aware the topic they are trying to explain.
Scott and I were out the other night and met this guy at a bar who was gaysplaining to us about gender identity.
by Sassy Classy Deadfish June 9, 2019
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Gaysplaining

When someone not from the lgbtq community tries to explain why gay people have rights, or how they are, or anything coming from a non queer person about the queer experience.
Used in a sentence: It's like mansplaining but gaysplaining.
A gaysplainer: Gay people are just looking for attention.
by MKCHEERIO July 1, 2022
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