femsplain
verbEtymology
Definitions
To explain feminist concepts or a feminine perspective, especially when done in a…
To explain feminist concepts or a feminine perspective, especially when done in a condescending manner or to explain something the listener already knows, presuming that he has an inferior understanding of it merely because he is male.
- Don't try to reinvent what the Internet has already done. Did I femsplain it sufficiently?
- When you femsplain feminism to your friends, make sure you don't femsplain what's wrong with other women; rather, femsplain what's right about you.
To explain (as a woman) the experience of a man.
- Yet, it wasn't until Tuesday night's The Daily Show that we learned of a biological struggle that men have when they become parents: dad bods. Women's issues correspondent Kristen Schaal femsplained the fad.
The neighborhood
- synonymwomansplain
- neighbormansplaining
- neighborwomansplaining
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for femsplain. 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