Mansplainy

adj, slang

adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Engaging in, featuring, or characteristic of mansplaining. informal

    "So, have pity on the mansplainer. His is the merely the voice of a patriarchal world eclipsed by a new one ... wait, did that sound mansplainy?"

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"So, have pity on the mansplainer. His is the merely the voice of a patriarchal world eclipsed by a new one ... wait, did that sound mansplainy?"

Etymology

From mansplain + -y.

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