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goysplain

goysplain verb: to condescendingly explain Jewish issues to a Jew as a goy (non-Jew).

Verb

goysplain (third-person singular simple present goysplains, present participle goysplaining, simple past and past participle goysplained)

  1. (Judaism, neologism) To condescendingly explain Jewish issues to a Jew as a goy (non-Jew).
    • And so Walker makes the appropriate gestures of love for Israel, which is both a great beacon of democracy and a necessary prop that will be needed to bring about the End Times. He even made a point of goysplaining, at a Las Vegas Adelsonfest, that he named his son Matthew, which is Hebrew for...2014 December 10, Doktor Zoom, “Scott Walker Wished Jewish Friends A Merry Jewish Christmas And An Incendiary New Year”, in Wonkette, archived from the original on 27 Mar 2024
    • The people who goysplain think that because they went to the trouble of reading an article, watching a documentary, or Googling something, they now understand an entire faith and should be congratulated for it.2015 March 30, Lilit Marcus, “The Art of Goysplaining”, in The Forward, New York, N.Y.: The Forward Association, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2023
    Synonyms:
    Jewsplain

Synonyms of goysplain

Forms of goysplain

third-person singular presentgoysplains
present participlegoysplaining
past participlegoysplained
pastgoysplained

Origin of goysplain

From goy + -splain.

Words formed from goysplain

Questions about goysplain

What does goysplain mean?
Goysplain means to condescendingly explain Jewish issues to a Jew as a goy (non-Jew).
What part of speech is goysplain?
Goysplain is a verb.
What is the past tense of goysplain?
The past tense of goysplain is goysplained.

Words near goysplain in the dictionary

  1. Goyoden
  2. goys
  3. goyslave
  4. goyslaves
  5. goyslop
  6. goysplain
  7. goysplained
  8. goysplaining
  9. goysplains
  10. Goyt
  11. goytard

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