"weedsplain" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /wiːdˈspleɪn/ Forms: weedsplains [present, singular, third-person], weedsplaining [participle, present], weedsplained [participle, past], weedsplained [past]
Etymology: Blend of weed + explain, equivalent to weed + -splain. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|weed|explain}} Blend of weed + explain, {{affix|en|weed|-splain}} weed + -splain Head templates: {{en-verb}} weedsplain (third-person singular simple present weedsplains, present participle weedsplaining, simple past and past participle weedsplained)
  1. To explain cannabis-related topics in an over-confident manner.
    Sense id: en-weedsplain-en-verb-rNSqF12E Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -splain

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2018 April, “Special Weed Issue April '18”, in F Newsmagazine (PDF), archived from the original on 2022-07-03",
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          "ref": "2019 October 8, Shomik Mukherjee, “Hosts of popular cannabis podcast returning to Savage Henry festival: ‘Great Moments in Weed History’ will tape live in Eureka”, in Times-Standard, archived from the original on 2022-12-06",
          "text": "“One of the great tragedies of cannabis advocacy is that legal cannabis is worse than the black market days,” Saeed said. “It’s something that should have been a conduit for creating a more respectful, empathetic marketplace.” Both co-hosts lamented the plight of small-farm growers in an era of high regulatory fees. The legal market is a rare intersection between cannabis and capitalism, and the former must transform the latter for prohibition to truly end, Bienenstock said. In the meantime, Saturday’s live discussion won’t relate to the Emerald Triangle — “I’m not trying to come up here and ‘weedsplain’ to Humboldt about Humboldt,” Bienenstock laughed.",
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