See botsplain on Wiktionary
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"1": "en",
"2": "bot",
"3": "-splain"
},
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"name": "affix"
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],
"etymology_text": "Patterned after mansplain, equivalent to bot + -splain.",
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{
"form": "botsplains",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "botsplaining",
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"participle",
"present"
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},
{
"form": "botsplained",
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"past"
]
},
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"form": "botsplained",
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}
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"expansion": "botsplain (third-person singular simple present botsplains, present participle botsplaining, simple past and past participle botsplained)",
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}
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"pos": "verb",
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"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
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},
{
"kind": "other",
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},
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"glosses": [
"To provide a response that appears superficially helpful due to choice of polite words, which is in fact most often unhelpful due to the lack of human thought put into the response."
],
"id": "en-botsplain-en-verb-ma-bBTCR"
}
],
"word": "botsplain"
}
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"2": "bot",
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},
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],
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"forms": [
{
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"singular",
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{
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"English lemmas",
"English terms suffixed with -splain",
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"glosses": [
"To provide a response that appears superficially helpful due to choice of polite words, which is in fact most often unhelpful due to the lack of human thought put into the response."
]
}
],
"word": "botsplain"
}
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