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  1. Splain, splain: Wordnik
  2. -splain, splain: Wiktionary
  3. Splain: Rhymezone

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  1. splain, s'plain: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (splain)

▸ verb:  (informal, dialectal) Aphetic form of explain.
▸ verb:  (slang) To condescendingly explain something, often extensively, especially to someone that knows more about it; for example, to mansplain, whitesplain, etc.

Similar:
whitesplain, explaterate, Speke, talk like an apothecary, splop, lisp, speel, plain, splooge, clepe, more...

Types:
mansplain, whitesplain, straightsplain, cisplain, ableplain, neuroplain, Christiansplain, more...



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Similar:
whitesplain, explaterate, Speke, talk like an apothecary, splop, lisp, speel, plain, splooge, clepe, more...

Types:
mansplain, whitesplain, straightsplain, cisplain, ableplain, neuroplain, Christiansplain, more...



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