Meaning of thinsplain | Babel Free

Definitions

To explain to a fat person (as a thin person) in a condescending manner, presuming the listener's inferior understanding.

derogatory, informal

Examples

“The two strategies I rely on for avoiding thinsplaining are related: first, to listen carefully (“listen thrice before speaking once”) to the voices of the writers of this remarkable collection of stories, […]”

“As someone who is currently unlikely to be perceived as a person of size, I risked thinsplaining throughout this research process.”

“When "thin girl" thinsplains about her woes of gaining weight and calls herself "ugly and fat" in response to her body changing […], it suggests that, for one, she equates fat with ugly, and also that she is unaware of others' experiences of fat stigma.”

CEFR level