blacksplain in All languages combined

Forms: blacksplains [present, singular, third-person], blacksplaining [participle, present], blacksplained [participle, past], blacksplained [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From black + -splain. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|black|splain}} black + -splain Head templates: {{en-verb}} blacksplain (third-person singular simple present blacksplains, present participle blacksplaining, simple past and past participle blacksplained)

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "black",
        "3": "splain"
      },
      "expansion": "black + -splain",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From black + -splain.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "blacksplains",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacksplaining",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacksplained",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacksplained",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "blacksplain (third-person singular simple present blacksplains, present participle blacksplaining, simple past and past participle blacksplained)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of a black person in a group with non-black people: to explain some concept which is very common in black culture while assuming the non-black members of the group do not understand."
      ],
      "id": "en-blacksplain-en-verb-iTDDYYcY",
      "links": [
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        ],
        [
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        ],
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          "culture"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) Of a black person in a group with non-black people: to explain some concept which is very common in black culture while assuming the non-black members of the group do not understand."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "blacksplain"
}

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{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "black",
        "3": "splain"
      },
      "expansion": "black + -splain",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From black + -splain.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "blacksplains",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacksplaining",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacksplained",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacksplained",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "blacksplain (third-person singular simple present blacksplains, present participle blacksplaining, simple past and past participle blacksplained)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "English lemmas",
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        "Of a black person in a group with non-black people: to explain some concept which is very common in black culture while assuming the non-black members of the group do not understand."
      ],
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        [
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          "black"
        ],
        [
          "concept",
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        ],
        [
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          "culture"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) Of a black person in a group with non-black people: to explain some concept which is very common in black culture while assuming the non-black members of the group do not understand."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "blacksplain"
}

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"blacksplain" meaning in All languages combined

Verb [English]

Inflected forms