womansplaining

== English == === Etymology === Blend of woman +‎ explaining, modelled on mansplaining. === Verb === womansplaining present participle and gerund of womansplain === Noun === womansplaining (uncountable) (informal, derogatory) Condescending explanation of something by a woman, particularly to a man. Synonym: femsplaining 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) [1] Womansplaining: When a woman incorrectly explains something, but you're not allowed to tell her without being accused of mansplaining.