splain

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splain (third-person singular simple present splains, present participle splaining, simple past and past participle splained)

1. (informal, dialectal) Aphetic form of explaining.
   • 1881 Joel Chandler Harris Uncle Remus

     "Howsomever, dey 'ranged der 'fairs, en splained der bizness."

   • 1905 R. F. Foster "In Self Defence" in The Bookman, vol. 21.

     "Why, Lor' bless you, I never knew nothing about the rights of them things till you splained them to me yesterday, boss."

   • 1947 John Avery Lomax Adventures of a Ballad Hunter p. 195

     "Den," he confided, "I 'splained to de release man 'bout lookin' fur a settin'-down job, an' he jes' sorta motioned to de do'."

2. (slang) To condescendingly explain something, often extensively and verbosely, especially to someone that knows more about it.
3. (slang) Short for mansplain, whitesplain, etc.

• Aplins, Lipans, Pinals, Plains, lapins, plains, spinal