English

Noun

womansplaining ‎(uncountable)

1. (informal, pejorative) Condescending explanation of something by a woman, particularly to a man.
   • 2015, Joy Pullmann, quoted by "David C Kifer", Tolerance (on newsgroup alt.quotations)

     The War on Women perpetrators keep trying to tell us that government not funding something equates to government banning something. That must be womansplaining, I guess? Except I’m not willing to have women made out to be idiots. So maybe “liberalsplaining.”

   • 2015, "Chris Davis", quoted by Emily Crane, The moment that left the new Prime Minister scratching his head: Tanya Plibersek accuses Malcolm Turnbull of 'mansplaining' during Question Time… but what does it mean? (in Mail Online)

     Womansplaining: When a woman incorrectly explains something, but you're not allowed to tell her without being accused of mansplaining.

   • 2016, Daniel Peters, Minister accused of MANSPLAINING by a female senator calls her a 'hypocrite' as boring parliamentary committee hearing turns into a fight about hipster language (in Mail Online)

     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.

   • 2016, Dan Martin, Vinyl recap: episode five – the high-end soap that's proving lovably trashy (in The Guardian)

     Andrea’s righteous womansplaining of Pink Floyd to Richie is worth repeating in full: “Your point-of-sales strategies are archaic. Your marketing makes you look like a vacuum-cleaner company. Dark Side of the Moon doesn’t even have a single on it and it’s a blockbuster! […]