splain

present singular third person splains · participle present splaining · participle past splained · past splained · alternative 'splain

1. dialectalinformalApheretic form of explain.

   "Howsomever, dey 'ranged der 'fairs, en splained der bizness."

   1881, Joel Chandler Harris, Uncle Remus

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   "Why, Lor' bless you, I never knew nothing about the rights of them things till you splained them to me yesterday, boss."

   1905, R. F. Foster, “In Self Defence”, in The Bookman, volume 21

   "Den," he confided, "I 'splained to de release man 'bout lookin' fur a settin'-down job, an' he jes' sorta motioned to de do'."

   1947, John Avery Lomax, Adventures of a Ballad Hunter, page 195

present singular third person splains · participle present splaining · participle past splained · past splained · alternative 'splain

1. slangTo condescendingly explain something, often extensively, especially to someone that knows more about it; for example, to mansplain, whitesplain, etc.

   Those who splain may have the intent of helping the situation, but the actual impact of their actions can feel condescending or insulting.

   2019, Jennifer Brown, How to Be an Inclusive Leader: Creating Trust, Cooperation, and Community across Differences, Berrett-Koehler, →ISBN, page 35