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Sep 06, 2012 11:28

Сегодня я узнал чудное слово "mansplaining":Mansplain: To explain in a patronizing manner, assuming total ignorance on the part of those listening. The mansplainer is often shocked and hurt when their mansplanation is not taken as absolute fact, criticized or even rejected altogether.

Named for a behavior commonly exhibited by male newbies on internet forums frequented primarily by women. Either sex can be guilty of mansplaining.
Мне вообще нравится подобное словотворчество в английском, когда одно слово (или часть его) вплавляется в другое, сохраняя узнаваемость обеих частей.

СЯУ, language

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