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punsplain 

Having to explain a pun based joke to someone who doesn’t get it.
It’s exhausting.
Them: I don’t get it
Me: it’s a pun!
Them: what is?
Why was 6 afraid of 7? Because 789! Get it? Seven ate nine!
Them: I don’t get it
Me: I shouldn’t have to Punsplain this one…
See Six was afraid of Seven because Seven had a history that included devouring Nine. Get it? Seven ATE nine!
Them: 🙄
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pmsplaining 

When a girl from Plumstead Manor who thinks she's smarter than you tries to explains something to you
"stop pmsplaining it's bare jarring init"
pmsplaining by Hurl Tie March 5, 2023

gunsplaining 

Correction of technical inaccuracies or clarification of conflated or incorrect terms related to firearms.
Clarifying the difference between semi-automatic and fully automatic is gunsplaining.

punslinger 

Punslinger / used historically to refer to people in the American Old West who had gained a reputation of being dangerous with a pun and had participated in punfights.
The Punslingers Of equal skill agreed to a punfight at dawn.

It was a draw.
punslinger by Perry and Walter January 28, 2021
When a news story identifies the breed in a gruesome dog attack as a pit bull, and the comments are immediately overwhelmed by defenders of the breed, who blame the owner or the stigma and show no regard for the victim.
My 3 year daughter old lost her arm to an unprovoked pit bull, but instead of sympathy for the kid, there was just a bunch of pitsplaining.
Pitsplain by 3250kyside February 3, 2021

POGsplaining 

Someone who is a POG and tries explaining to a non POG how dangerous the military is while training or in combat, but holds an MOS that does not warrant being in actual warfare training or combat.
This guy was POGsplaining to me how dangerous fording a river is, knowing full well I was in the Infantry.

Pansplain 

When a pansexual tries to explain how bisexuality works to a bisexual person with misinformation and biphobic stereotypes.
Tim tries to pansplain to Emily how her bisexuality doesn't include nonbinary despite Emily being bisexual for over twenty five years. Tim ignores sixty years of bisexual history and uses biphobic and transphobic definitions he found on Tumblr
Pansplain by BiBiBiphobia April 12, 2023