Manterruption

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of manterrupting a woman.

    "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."

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"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 + interruption.

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