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Tansplaining 

When a British person (tan) explains something thats blantantly obvious/false in a condescending manner to an Irish person because they're British, think they're "great" and have no grasp on their countries history.
"You know you Irish should say thanks to us if we didn't invade you you'd still be picking potatoes"
"Class tansplaining"
Tansplaining by Glue Potter November 7, 2019

Tysplaining 

The act of mansplaining to not only women, but men as well. The individual committing the act believes he has a wealth of knowledge far beyond what he actually does. This includes subject areas in which the individual has absolutely no experience.

Caution, correcting the offender will have little to no affect on his behaviour and is likely to cause him to explain himself further, digging an even deeper hole.
Person 1: Man, he won’t stop Tysplaining
Person 2: I know! Last week he explain the circulatory system to a cardiologist. He got all of his facts wrong.

Thinsplaining 

An incredibly idiotic way for people who believe in "thin privilege" make skinny women seem like jerks for sharing their experiences with skinny shaming, generally used in "body positive" tumblr blogs .
"omg yesterday I was talking about how I was bullied for my weight and Sarah actually tried to tell me that she was bullied for her weight to, the skinny bitch!1!1"

"omg thinsplaining is sooo real"
Thinsplaining by marsboys June 4, 2017

thinsplaining 

A thinsplainer will tell you about all the woes of being skinny that we already know and sympathize with, only to invalidate your problems. They are naturally skinny people who start quacking about it only when anyone heavier talks about their problems. Similar to men who only bring up men's problems to invalidate women's problems.

This is so that they too. can have the joy of taking part in the oppression Olympics, since they often get left out, due to conforming to society's standards of beauty.

After whining about how oppressed they are, they go back to eating whatever they want and not gaining a pound. Usually a woman.
I was talking about how it's easier for skinny and pretty girls to get what they want, when Skinny Nelly started thinsplaining how hard it is when people don't take you seriously because you're so pretty.
thinsplaining by Defineant March 3, 2017

twinsplaining 

Complaining about any new episode of Twin Peaks by die-hard Twin Peaks fan that, well, expected a decent storyline from David Lynch compatible with his teenage memories. Average Twinsplainer is male, about fifty years old and never watched Twin Peaks, not even in his teens, but he does remember he watched something that resembled it and insists it WAS Twin Peaks, not just a dream.. You cannot get away with those tricks yet another time, David Lynch! is a favorite twinsplainer motto. Twinsplainers are the same people who don't own a tellie at every party, and yet think being glued to a computerscreen is somehow more esthetic.
Did you twinsplain yet about that new rift in the occult void?

O man Trump is really twinsplaining his way out of that press conference!

Jimsplaining 

When you add tall tales and overembelish a story to include your own experiences.
Did you hear how he was jimsplaining about meeting that football player? DID NOT HAPPEN
Jimsplaining by toaster556 July 13, 2017
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