A pejorative term referring to when a midlevel (e.g. nurse practitioner, physician assistant, etc) comments on or explains medical knowledge to a physician in an overconfident and often oversimplified manner.
Nurse Practitioner: "I think we should always order pregnancy tests for female clients. It's the only way to practice."
Physician: "Not if they've had a bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. Remember your limitations and cut down on the midsplaining."
Physician: "Not if they've had a bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. Remember your limitations and cut down on the midsplaining."
by Pagano J June 23, 2021
Get the midsplaining mug.milsplaining (blend word ‘military’ & informal form splaining of gerund ‘explaining’) is pejorative term meaning "(of a squaddie) to comment on or explain something to #civvy in condescending, overconfident, often inaccurate or oversimplified manner"
It is total bravado based on a rigid hierarchy where people have to do exactly as you tell them even if you are an utter knob. Civvies don’t give a shit about rank & will tell you to poke it.
It is total bravado based on a rigid hierarchy where people have to do exactly as you tell them even if you are an utter knob. Civvies don’t give a shit about rank & will tell you to poke it.
I’m not #milsplaining you thick Civvy twat, I’m giving you guidance based on my considerable military knowledge gleamed from Commando comics & years of mucking other military around. I have zero knowledge of real world but if I shout & point, you will have to do what I say!
by Bumsnorkler December 4, 2019
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When a kid who has just barely learned something starts to lecture adults who know way more about the topic.
I can't believe my son, he just took his training wheels off yesterday and already he is kidsplaining at me about how to take a corner.
by SarcasticMom May 16, 2018
Get the kidsplaining mug.The act of arguing that the 03/04 Mustang Cobra is the best vehicle ever made, but when confronted with an offer to race, making up multiple excuses to why “his” 03/04 Cobra cannot be raced. Also known as a “Douchy McDoucherson”
Guy 1: Hey dude, that Cobra looks nice, want to race my bone stock tbi 305 Camaro?
Guy2: I uhhhh can’t, NASA called me and said I slowed the Earths rotation every time I got in it, and uhhh asked me to stop. And plus it needs another battery.
Guy 1: What a micksplaining prick!
Guy2: I uhhhh can’t, NASA called me and said I slowed the Earths rotation every time I got in it, and uhhh asked me to stop. And plus it needs another battery.
Guy 1: What a micksplaining prick!
by H8rrr January 19, 2018
Get the micksplaining mug.When you trap your life long formula one rival in order to explain every little detail about your race or quali session to them without a chance of escape.
Not to be confused with Mansplaining, while similar, Maxsplaining presents clear homoerotic undertones and heart eyes from both parties involved.
Not to be confused with Mansplaining, while similar, Maxsplaining presents clear homoerotic undertones and heart eyes from both parties involved.
person 1: where's Charles?
person 2: oh, Max got him, he already started the maxsplaining
person 1: damn, that's a shame, there's no saving him now...
person 2: oh, Max got him, he already started the maxsplaining
person 1: damn, that's a shame, there's no saving him now...
by not-my-name October 11, 2022
Get the Maxsplaining mug.When frustrated manly men go and flood the Urban Dictionary with their definitions of the word Mansplaining, because they know it better than the feminists, actually.
Greg is so pissed off because his professor didn't want to hear him explain her area of expertise to her in his opinion, so he went meta-mansplaining in UD and invited all his friends too. (See mansplaining )
by Chnuma September 7, 2017
Get the Meta-Mansplaining mug.When a man explains something to a woman in a patronizing tone as if the woman is too emotional and illogical to understand.
"She got all pissed at me for no reason!" cried Ira, "Accusing me of mansplaining."
Aziz shook his head. "Women! Right?"
Aziz shook his head. "Women! Right?"
by Babydoll75 March 6, 2019
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