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Meaning of youthsplain | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To explain youth issues (as a youth) to someone much older, especially in a condescending manner.

Examples

“I want youthsplain to become a new word, now I read that mansplain is the runner-up to “fake news” for word of the decade. Youthsplain will call out patronising assumptions that people over 60 “will be ignorant of the subject matter” especially when it’s to do with technology. - Janet Burstall, Lilyfield”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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