manterrupt
manterrupt verb: to interrupt condescendingly (a female interlocutor), presuming that the woman's word have little merit merely because she is not male.
Verb
manterrupt (third-person singular simple present manterrupts, present participle manterrupting, simple past and past participle manterrupted)
- To interrupt condescendingly (a female interlocutor), presuming that the woman's word have little merit merely because she is not male.
- It was perhaps the most public example of the “manterruption” – that is, a man interrupting a woman while she’s trying to speak (in this case, on stage, by herself, as an award honoree) and taking over the floor.2015 January 20, Jessica Bennett, “How Not to Be 'Manterrupted' in Meetings”, in Time, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2018
Forms of manterrupt
| third-person singular present | manterrupts |
|---|---|
| present participle | manterrupting |
| past participle | manterrupted |
| past | manterrupted |
Origin of manterrupt
Blend of man + interrupt, after mansplain.
Questions about manterrupt
- What does manterrupt mean?
- Manterrupt means to interrupt condescendingly (a female interlocutor), presuming that the woman's word have little merit merely because she is not male.
- What part of speech is manterrupt?
- Manterrupt is a verb.
- What is the past tense of manterrupt?
- The past tense of manterrupt is manterrupted.
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