femsplain

verb

Etymology

From feminist + -splain. Compare mansplain, womansplaining.

  1. derived from fēminīnus
  2. suffixed as femsplain — “feminist + splain

Definitions

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

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