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(for a man) to explain something to a woman in the area of her own expertise.
Due to Rebecca Solnit, author of "Men Explain Things To Me."
"I'm quite familiar with turbine design requirements; please don't mansplain."
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When frustrated manly men go and flood the Urban Dictionary with their definitions of the word Mansplaining, because they know it better than the feminists, actually.
Greg is so pissed off because his professor didn't want to hear him explain her area of expertise to her in his opinion, so he went meta-mansplaining in UD and invited all his friends too. (See mansplaining )
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When a man explains a subject to a woman when she is already knowledgeable in said subject but the man feels he needs to explain because she's a woman and doesn't really understand
I was at the hospital today when a man started mansplaining the nervous system to me. I have a doctorate in neuroscience.
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A verbal tool, generally used by men, to speak over a woman, based on the assumption that he knows better than her. This assumption is generally because she is a woman. Note that the term is especially applicable when the man is wrong anyway.
Man: Listen, do you know the difference between a screw and a nail? Here, I can show you.
Woman: Dude, I own this hardware store. Please stop mansplaining to me.
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A term used to describe an exaggerated definition of a simple idea given by a man to woman if he feels that she is not educated enough or would not understand the meaning of said word. The idea is generally something that the woman in very familiar with.
Man: *explains how breastfeeding works to a breastfeeding mother*
Woman: Stop mansplaining. I think I would know how breastfeeding works.
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Someone who uses the medium of their personal website, Twitter bio or Linkedin profile to tell you something you already fully understand.
For example - I might mention that I’m “hangry” (hungry + angry)—this means I haven’t eaten in a few hours.
Did you see what he wrote on his Linkedin page? He is a Digital Mansplainer.
Correct. He is a tosser.
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An instance where a man explains something to a woman in a condescending manner when he either knows little-to-nothing on the subject, or knows far less than the woman he is talking to yet persists with an air of superiority.
Jimmy mansplained why Jenny's period pain wasn't all that bad after all.
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