youthsplain
youthsplain verb: to explain youth issues (as a youth) to someone much older, especially in a condescending manner.
Verb
youthsplain (third-person singular simple present youthsplains, present participle youthsplaining, simple past and past participle youthsplained)
- To explain youth issues (as a youth) to someone much older, especially in a condescending manner.
- I want youthsplain to become a new word, now I read that mansplain is the runner-up to “fake news” for word of the decade. Youthsplain will call out patronising assumptions that people over 60 “will be ignorant of the subject matter” especially when it’s to do with technology. - Janet Burstall...2021 August 2, “Undermining IPC betrays Barilaro’s deeper loyalties”, in The Sydney Morning Herald
Antonyms of youthsplain
Forms of youthsplain
| third-person singular present | youthsplains |
|---|---|
| present participle | youthsplaining |
| past participle | youthsplained |
| past | youthsplained |
Origin of youthsplain
From youth + -splain, after mansplain.
Words formed from youthsplain
Questions about youthsplain
- What does youthsplain mean?
- Youthsplain means to explain youth issues (as a youth) to someone much older, especially in a condescending manner.
- What part of speech is youthsplain?
- Youthsplain is a verb.
- What is the past tense of youthsplain?
- The past tense of youthsplain is youthsplained.
Words near youthsplain in the dictionary
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