momsplained
momsplained is the simple past and past participle of momsplain.
Meaning of momsplain
Verb
momsplain (third-person singular simple present momsplains, present participle momsplaining, simple past and past participle momsplained)
- To explain something in a condescending manner to a childless person, presuming that childless people have a lower social status or judgement skills.
- The PM urges 29-year-old Princeton alum O’Connor to decide immediately whether she wants a husband and children, and it sounds a lot like momsplaining to O’Connor that she definitely wants a husband and children.2014 March 14, Katy Waldman, “Princeton Mom's One Saving Grace”, The XX Factor, in Slate, archived from the original on 19 Jul 2023
Questions about momsplained
- What is momsplained the simple past and past participle of?
- Momsplained is the simple past and past participle of momsplain.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: momsplained (page history and authors); momsplain (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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