"Mansplaining" makes its way into 33 other languages
| | Ricki Farn Germany Local time: 13:41 English to German
My mother does it all the time, too. | | | EvaVer (X) Local time: 13:41 Czech to French + ... Mine used to, too, | Apr 5, 2017 |
but typically men do that. My husband has very little education, but he will pick up something he heard somewhere (even if it's complete nonsense) and hammer it to me. | | | Mario Chavez (X) Local time: 07:41 English to Spanish + ...
Ricki Farn wrote: My mother does it all the time, too. Hahahahah, Ricki! You win the Internet today! | | | Mario Chavez (X) Local time: 07:41 English to Spanish + ...
EvaVer wrote: but typically men do that. My husband has very little education, but he will pick up something he heard somewhere (even if it's complete nonsense) and hammer it to me. This reminds me the “People are…” statements I hear or read, simple generalizations about the other we don't like but which reflect a truth about ourselves. For example, if I'm driving down the road and someone gets in front of me without signaling, I would tend to say “[some] people don't know how to change lanes!” all huffy and puffy. In reality, I sometimes do the same thing. Amazing! Same with this feel-good, it's-someone-else's-fault neologism, mansplaining, to project our frustrations onto the opposite gender (or sex) when we (some women, not all) feel talked down, interrupted, condescended or otherwise rolled over by some unfounded, silly or unsupported explanation or jabbering. 😇 🤓 Full disclosure: I'm a man, so you could say I'm “mansplaining” my point. 😅 | |
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"Momsplaining"...that's hilarious!! | Apr 5, 2017 |
If one pays more attention, "mansPLAINing" actually means "man being so plain (insignificant) that needs to validate his unsolicited opinion shutting up a woman more competent than him". | | |
Research showed that... Well, that one has no gender; both men and women use it. Most of the time there is no research at all. | | | Mervyn Henderson (X) Spain Local time: 13:41 Spanish to English + ... | To report site rules violations or get help, contact a site moderator: You can also contact site staff by submitting a support request » "Mansplaining" makes its way into 33 other languages TM-Town | Manage your TMs and Terms ... and boost your translation business
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