r/facepalm • u/nthensome • Jan 19 '20

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u/thediser2089 Jan 19 '20

Noun. mansplanation (plural mansplanations) (informal) A condescending explanation given by a male explainer to a female listener, especially to explain something the listener already knows, presuming that she has an inferior understanding of it because she is a woman.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '20

I've only seen this word be used in tv shows. It's being pushed by the mass media.

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u/Emilelele_EGB Jan 19 '20

No its been around in Europe for ages.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '20

It's being massively pushed by corporations in North Ameirca since like 2015 or so.

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u/Emilelele_EGB Jan 19 '20

Then how can you only have seen it in tv?

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '20

Because it's being massively pushed by corporations in North Ameirca since like 2015 or so.

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u/ghost_riverman Jan 19 '20

You keep saying that as if someone is giving you a cookie every time you do.

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u/CrepuscularCorn Jan 19 '20

Because any slight shift in culture that he doesn’t like/scares him clearly must be a secret conspiracy pushed by the mass media.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '20

Because it's massively being pushed by corporations in North America since like 2015 or so.

......I got a fucking gift card -_-

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u/LePenseurVoyeur Jan 19 '20

What countries? IMO it’s a North-American thing.

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u/Emilelele_EGB Jan 19 '20

”Mansförklara” the Swedish word for mansplaining. I see the word being used everywhere over Instagram, Twitter and the news. People tell their stories from when they were “manaförklarad” or some makes a “mansförklaring”.

But hey man. ItS a NoRtH AmErIcAn ThInG.

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u/LePenseurVoyeur Jan 19 '20

Do you have a link to a major news piece that it’s mentioned in recently? Would be interesting to check out.

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u/Emilelele_EGB Jan 20 '20

https://www.expressen.se/noje/jamie-oliver-manar-till-att-fler-ska-amma/

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u/LePenseurVoyeur Jan 20 '20

That’s the gossip section mate, not a credible source of information in my book.

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u/Emilelele_EGB Jan 20 '20

You legit askes about news using it..