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karen'splain : karen trying to explain their ignorant, illogical, nosy, karen behavior while being completely oblivious to the fact their initial action and their explain further enforced rheir status as karen
a karen in korea claimed a 4 yr old saying HI to her was discrimination and racist. she posted on multiple expat groups to karen'splain that her 30 min debate with the father was needed and warranted as the korean kid saying'hi' teaches discrimination. the karen would further karen'splain the next day by doubling down and posting a followup clarification that solidified her as queen karen of seoul.
by optionalg June 29, 2020
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Karensplaining

When a karen over explains some nonsense nobody cares about.
Stop karensplaining me
by Raider Dennis June 22, 2020
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karensplain

When an upper or upper middle class white woman condescendingly explains something to a black person.
Watching Hilary Rosen karensplain MLK to Nina Turner live on CNN made me cringe so hard I collapsed into a singularity.
by tuxweasel March 6, 2020
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Karensplain

When someone explains why something or anything you just said is offensive, implying you are talking from a place of privilege even though you're probably not.
Bob: "My socks really stink"

Becca: "You know that's really offensive to people who don't have feet"

Becca just Karensplained why you shouldn't complain about your stinky socks.
by onetruepirate January 25, 2021
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Karensplaining

The act of unnecessarily explaining jokes to everyone.
Did you just karensplaining the joke to everyone? Way to ruin it!
by PhishnChips October 9, 2020
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Karensplaining

Karensplaining is a pejorative term meaning "to comment on or explain something in a passive aggressive condescending, overconfident, and often inaccurate or oversimplified manner".

The phenomenon results from a combination of "toxicity, self-centerdness, lack of self awareness, overconfidence and cluelessness".
Karensplaining how it's supposed to work to a local.
Karensplaining consumer rights to a fast food or retail store manager.
by zorrowhip July 14, 2022
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