womansplaining

verb

Etymology

Blend of woman + explaining, modelled on mansplaining.

Definitions

  1. present participle and gerund of womansplain

  2. Condescending explanation of something by a woman, particularly to a man.

    • The minister took offence with the accusation, saying he'd be judged much more harshly if the tables were reversed and he accused a woman of womansplaining.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for womansplaining. 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