Etymology

please explain

Today it means: A request for explanation or clarification on an issue. Full definition →

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The story

Likely originated from a 1996 interview with Australian politician Pauline Hanson, in which she replied with the phrase to a question including the word "xenophobic".

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.