Definitions
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- verb colloquial To
explain (something)condescendingly (to a female listener), especially to explain something the listener already knows, presuming that she has an inferior understanding of it because she is a woman.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Anyway, Bill Daley is here to mansplain things to us, like why gas costs so much.
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Friedman will mansplain to the Middle East how to use iPads and stuff.
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But what's getting all of the attention in the bill is the part where legislators have banded together to mansplain the various shadings of the crime of "rape" to America.
What's Behind The Drive To Redefine Rape In New And Insane Ways?
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So now, Anthony Weiner is going to mansplain what being a Representative means.
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Friedman will mansplain to the Middle East how to use iPads and stuff.
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But what's getting all of the attention in the bill is the part where legislators have banded together to mansplain the various shadings of the crime of "rape" to America.
What's Behind The Drive To Redefine Rape In New And Insane Ways?
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Anyway, Bill Daley is here to mansplain things to us, like why gas costs so much.
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So now, Anthony Weiner is going to mansplain what being a Representative means.
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Anyway, the sisters are totally stoked to hear that Wallace and Davis are seeing their show, after which they will mansplain musical theatre to them.
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Anyway, the sisters are totally stoked to hear that Wallace and Davis are seeing their show, after which they will mansplain musical theatre to them.
adir commented on the word mansplain
that is not the real definition of this word!
August 25, 2019