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northsplaining 

When an inhabitant of Northern Europe countries gives unsolicited explanations or advice to someone from Southern Europe, assuming that the latter is too underdeveloped to have actual knowledge of the topic.
Noé: “In Belgium, we have special subsidies to help poor people.”
Pietro: “Stop northsplaining me! I’m Italian, not a savage. I know what welfare is.”
northsplaining by sasso.effe April 1, 2023

Nerdsplain

Nerdsplaining occurs when a nerd hears a topic they love and obsess over and can't contain themselves from telling you everything they know about it. Nerdsplaining is about overwhelming excitement on a nerd's favorite subject, not about being condescending in an effort to feel superior.
I mentioned that I liked the Iron Man movie to my little brother and he couldn't help but nerdsplain the entire MCU history to me.
Nerdsplain by All My Nerd Friends February 9, 2023

nerdsplaining 

Explaining in an overly intellectual, obsessively detailed way, particularly when the topic is obscure or highly technical.
can you just stop nerdsplaining the chemical process, please? I just want to enjoy the fucking burger!
nerdsplaining by blackpawz June 9, 2018

Noobsplaining 

When someone who has no experience tells experts how it works
The millenial with 3 corns snakes was noobsplaining to the breeder that pine is a bad substrate
Noobsplaining by KingGoini October 17, 2019

Nerdsplaining 

(Nerd•splay•ning) Verb. To explain a subject, in excruciating detail, to someone who absolutely doesn’t give a shit. Similar to Mansplaining, except the victim is uninterested in the information being forced upon them, rather already aware of it.
My girlfriend had no interest in all of the mythological inaccuracies in Disney’s Hercules, but I couldn’t help Nerdsplaining them to her, anyway.
Nerdsplaining by Jimminy Dodson March 25, 2022

noorsplaining 

when one makes an obscure off-the-wall reference in conversation specifically and solely for the purpose of fishing for further inquiry, allowing for the opportunity to explain something they find interesting, then pivot and talk about themselves ad nauseum. This tactic is cunningly deployed to deceive younger and more naive audiences into believing the individual is so interesting that others are asking to know more about them; when in fact they were not interested in the individual, but merely weren't aware of the obscure reference, and dared to ask about it. Those caught in the noorsplaining trap will often find themselves confused and bewildered as to how the conversation got to where it did and with no recollection, while the individual continues to talk about themselves covering topics as wide ranging as the universe itself.
No, he's actually not that interesting. It only seems that anyone is interested because he's constantly noorsplaining.