Manterrupt
verb, slang
verb, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To interrupt condescendingly (a female interlocutor), presuming that the woman's word have little merit merely because she is not male. derogatory, informal
"It was perhaps the most public example of the “manterruption” – that is, a man interrupting a woman while she’s trying to speak (in this case, on stage, by herself, as an award honoree) and taking over the floor."
Example
More examples"It was perhaps the most public example of the “manterruption” – that is, a man interrupting a woman while she’s trying to speak (in this case, on stage, by herself, as an award honoree) and taking over the floor."
Etymology
Blend of man + interrupt, after mansplain.
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