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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mansplain.

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Examples

  • Wallace mansplains to her that this would "merely be default by another name," and with that default would come economic collapse and all of us growing beets by the side of the road to feed ourselves in the post-apocalyptic landscape.

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  • As State Representative Roger Hunt, who introduced this bill, mansplains, it's vital to force women to have 72 hours to tame their tempestuous, impulsive lady-brains so that they can "reflect on what choice she makes."

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  • Nasty Ex butts in and mansplains why Interrobang is screwing up.

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  • It particularly annoys me when a particular guy mansplains only to one or a few women -- the ones he's learned from experience are too nice to bite his head off most of the time.

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  • Man A mansplains something to the general group; Man B mansplains something back to everyone.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010

  • Man A mansplains something to the general group; Man B mansplains something back to everyone.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010

  • Nasty Ex butts in and mansplains why Interrobang is screwing up.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010

  • It particularly annoys me when a particular guy mansplains only to one or a few women -- the ones he's learned from experience are too nice to bite his head off most of the time.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010

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