Meaning of fansplain | Babel Free

Definitions

To explain something as a fan or in a fannish manner.

neologism

Examples

“I’ll even fansplain away the bizarre “We Love Moms” and “Thanks Dads!” teasers—for Peanuts, a property that famously did away with parents entirely—as non-essential marketing chum, the cost of doing business in a Minionized marketplace where every animated character must be a blank slate to which literally any sentiment can be affixed.”

“You can decide for yourself whether you want to search for YouTube videos that fansplain the character's full backstory before all 13 episodes of Marvel's Jessica Jones premiere November 20 #on Netflix.”

“It could have actually been great if only it wasn't obsessed with fansplaining details literally nobody was curious about.”

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