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momsplaining

momsplaining is the present participle and gerund of momsplain.

Meaning of momsplain

Verb

momsplain (third-person singular simple present momsplains, present participle momsplaining, simple past and past participle momsplained)

  1. (Canada, US, informal) 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 momsplaining

What is momsplaining the present participle and gerund of?
Momsplaining is the present participle and gerund of momsplain.

Words near momsplaining in the dictionary

  1. momsers
  2. momship
  3. momsies
  4. momsplain
  5. momsplained
  6. momsplaining
  7. momsplains
  8. momsy
  9. momtini
  10. momtinis
  11. momtrepreneur

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Adapted from Wiktionary: momsplaining (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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