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thinsplaining

thinsplaining is the present participle and gerund of thinsplain.

Meaning of thinsplain

Verb

thinsplain (third-person singular simple present thinsplains, present participle thinsplaining, simple past and past participle thinsplained)

  1. (derogatory, informal) To explain to a fat person (as a thin person) in a condescending manner, presuming the listener's inferior understanding.
    • And now he has turned his attention to obesity, by which I mean he thinsplains it. […] You see, thinsplains Callahan, because nothing else seems to be working, we must turn to making obese people feel bad about themselves in order to shed the pounds. […] This isn’t evidence-based public policy...2013 January 15, Dan O'Connor, “Dan Callahan Thinsplains Obesity”, in Berman Institute Bioethics Bulletin, archived from the original on 25 Mar 2014, retrieved 28 Apr 2013

Questions about thinsplaining

What is thinsplaining the present participle and gerund of?
Thinsplaining is the present participle and gerund of thinsplain.

Words near thinsplaining in the dictionary

  1. thinset
  2. thinsets
  3. thinspiration
  4. thinsplain
  5. thinsplained
  6. thinsplaining
  7. thinsplains
  8. thinspo
  9. thinstripe hermit
  10. thinstripe hermit crab
  11. thinstripe hermit crabs

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