See mansplay on Wiktionary
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"ref": "2024, Christina Lynch, Pony Confidential, Penguin, →ISBN:",
"text": "A copiously tattooed young man in a blue jumpsuit sits mansplayed across from her, shackled to the rail on his side of the hallway, staring at Penny.",
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"To spread one’s thighs widely while seated, exposing one’s crotch and taking up space from any adjacent seats."
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"(intransitive, informal, derogatory, of a male person) To spread one’s thighs widely while seated, exposing one’s crotch and taking up space from any adjacent seats."
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"enpr": "măn-splāʹ"
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"ipa": "/manˈspleɪ/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmanspleɪ/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mænˈspleɪ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmænspleɪ/",
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"General-American"
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}
],
"word": "mansplay"
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"(intransitive, informal, derogatory, of a male person) To spread one’s thighs widely while seated, exposing one’s crotch and taking up space from any adjacent seats."
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"enpr": "măn-splāʹ"
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"ipa": "/ˈmanspleɪ/",
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"Received-Pronunciation"
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"ipa": "/mænˈspleɪ/",
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}
],
"word": "mansplay"
}
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