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blacksplain

blacksplain verb: of a black person in a group with non-black people: to explain some concept which is very common in black culture while assuming the non-black members of the group do not understand.

Verb

blacksplain (third-person singular simple present blacksplains, present participle blacksplaining, simple past and past participle blacksplained)

  1. (slang) Of a black person in a group with non-black people: to explain some concept which is very common in black culture while assuming the non-black members of the group do not understand.

Forms of blacksplain

third-person singular presentblacksplains
present participleblacksplaining
past participleblacksplained
pastblacksplained

Origin of blacksplain

From black + -splain.

Questions about blacksplain

What does blacksplain mean?
Blacksplain means of a black person in a group with non-black people: to explain some concept which is very common in black culture while assuming the non-black members of the group do not understand.
What part of speech is blacksplain?
Blacksplain is a verb.
What is the past tense of blacksplain?
The past tense of blacksplain is blacksplained.

Words near blacksplain in the dictionary

  1. blacksome
  2. Blackson
  3. Blacksonian
  4. Blacksons
  5. blackspeak
  6. blacksplain
  7. blacksplained
  8. blacksplaining
  9. blacksplains
  10. blacksploitation
  11. blackspot

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