mansplain

mansplain

slang For a man to explain something to someone, usually a woman, in a condescending manner. I've been doing this job for 20 years—I don't need some boy fresh out of college mansplaining it to me! Gee, thanks for mansplaining feminism to me.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • smirk
  • smirk at
  • smirk at (someone or something)
  • pussy whip
  • pussy whipped
  • pussywhipped
  • pussy-whipped
  • à la
  • la
  • set (one) down as (something)
References in periodicals archive
White men who are heterosexual and cisgender shouldn't try to "mansplain" the struggles of black women or people of color: They aren't oppressed, so they can never understand what it's like, even if they happen to be extremely progressive or well-educated about left-wing causes.
Intersectionality 101 THE KIDS ARE ALL FIGHT
What about Dominic Raab in his too-short boxer's briefs, not ideal for manspreading while attempting to mansplain your views on feminism?).
Aidan Smith: Sorry dad, Rory Stewart could see me voting Tory
Don't mansplain. I always try to assume the very best of people.
Lessons in life; Wildlife presenter and cameraman GORDON BUCHANAN, 47, on his crazy childhood, big breaks, and helping save the planet
(77.) Cf., e.g., Mansplain, English Oxford Living Dictionaries, https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/mansplain [https://perma.cc/SWB5RAWJ] (last visited Jan.
THE CURE FOR AMERICA'S OPIOID CRISIS? END THE WAR ON DRUGS
They "mansplain" that this tractor is a cheap wreck, so cheap it's barely costing anything, and it won't work for years, and during that time, slowly, together they will do it up, and one day, when he's older, our son can drive the tractor he's restored with his dad.
Jo Roberts FINDS HERSELF outnumbered IN THE MATTER OF A tractor acquisition
Moreover, one must keep in mind that girls are people with feelings that are hurt when males mansplain, do something without consent, or spread rumors.
Nobel Peace Prize: A Voice For Women
Off to a far better start than anyone would have anticipated, Nixon is hitting the governor on issues ranging from integrity and subway funding, to bullying and his tendency to mansplain his positions in a manner that many on Manhattan's uber-liberal Upper West Side find condescending if not downright arrogant.
Rosenberg: LI may be swing region in gubernatorial primary
The dictionary also added "(https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mansplain) mansplain, " the verb popularly used to describe men condescendingly explaining basic facts to women.
'Mansplain,' 'Cryptocurrency' Added To Dictionary
I don't like the word 'mansplain', or any buzz word for that matter, because their regular use allows for the action they describe to become normalised and therefore perpetuate.
Do tell me more
2008: After know-nothing guys try to school essayist Rebecca Solnit on topics in which she happens to be an expert, she pens an essay titled "Men Explain Things to Me." The wore "mansplain" enters the lexicon.
"I made that bitch famous": a brief history of men getting credit for women's accomplishments
OxfordDictionaries.com also includes new informal or slang terms, such as Bank of Mum and Dad, bro hug, cray, hench, hot mess, humblebrag, mansplain, side-eye and spit-take.
Oxford University Press announces English language updates to Oxford Dictionaries
Others included "hate-watch," "bandwidth" as a figurative term referring to emotional capacity, "embiggen" and "mansplain."
'Dumpster fire' now comes of age
TAnd here I am, falling into it, because I am now going to mansplain what mansplaining is.
Falling into a man trap
Don't mansplain." Out of the corner of my eye I saw Barrie being served.
Falling into a man trap; One man's struggle with the 21st century
The crucial question is, "did she ask you to explain it?" and if the answer is yes, then, it's not the dreaded mansplain.
MEN and women everywhere [...]