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  • noun Plural form of mansplainer.

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Examples

  • It should be noted, that now that discussion is turning to policy, we have turned now to Rendell and Giuliani, champion mansplainers.

    TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads Jason Linkins 2011

  • It should be noted, that now that discussion is turning to policy, we have turned now to Rendell and Giuliani, champion mansplainers.

    TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads Jason Linkins 2011

  • "Maybe this thread would have involved less argument" if mansplainers would quit mansplaining! and trying to WIN WIN FUCKING WIN WIN EVERY FUCKING CONVERSATION!!

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010

  • It's totally Zuska's (and by extension any female commenter's) fault that whiny mansplainers fail so terribly at reading comprehension that they miss both the point of the original post and the multiple posts wherein it clearly states that this is not about all men, but about mansplainers - a word clearly defined several times.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010

  • Meanwhile, it never gets old watching dudes come in and mansplain why they personally are not actually mansplainers even though sometimes it might seem like it.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010

  • "And to think if I had just kept quiet about mansplaining, mansplainers all over the globe would have become feminists."

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010

  • And another thing on the topic of mansplainers 'attempts to distort reality.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010

  • I stated some very clear rules for this thread - mock mansplainers only, no mansplaininng, no demanding proof that mansplaining actually exists - you know, sort of like saying "don't piss on my carpet".

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010

  • It's totally Zuska's (and by extension any female commenter's) fault that whiny mansplainers fail so terribly at reading comprehension that they miss both the point of the original post and the multiple posts wherein it clearly states that this is not about all men, but about mansplainers - a word clearly defined several times.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010

  • Actually the mansplainers further up are rather amusing in a sad kind of way.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010

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