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-splain

suffix

Etymology

From splain, itself from explain, following the pattern of mansplain.

Definitions

  1. A suffix combined with a descriptive adjective or noun to create a verb meaning someone…

    A suffix combined with a descriptive adjective or noun to create a verb meaning someone who fits that description condescendingly explaining something to someone who does not fit that description (especially, something the listener has more experience of).

    • So please, don’t ablesplain to me. Especially when you have no idea about the context of what bigotry you’re trying to justify.
    • You see, thinsplains Callahan, because nothing else seems to be working, we must turn to making obese people feel bad about themselves in order to shed the pounds.
    • The PM urges 29-year-old Princeton alum O’Connor to decide immediately whether she wants a husband and children, and it sounds a lot like momsplaining to O’Connor that she definitely wants a husband and children.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for -splain. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA