"ablesplain" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: ablesplains [present, singular, third-person], ablesplaining [participle, present], ablesplained [participle, past], ablesplained [past]
Etymology: From able + -splain. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|able|splain}} able + -splain Head templates: {{en-verb}} ablesplain (third-person singular simple present ablesplains, present participle ablesplaining, simple past and past participle ablesplained)
  1. (neologism, of a nondisabled person) To explain something related to disability in a manner that is condescending or shows a lack of understanding, compassion, or respect for the disabled. Tags: neologism Categories (topical): Disability Derived forms: ablesplaining
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          "ref": "2016, Jay Dolmage, Dale Jacobs, “Mutable Articulations: Disability Rhetorics and the Comics Medium”, in C. Foss, J. Gray, Zach Whalen, editors, Disability in Comic Books and Graphic Narratives, page 17:",
          "text": "The disability needs to be “ablesplained” by a medical authority—and these explanations often usurp the voice or perspective of the narrator and overwrite their identity in scientific and pathological terms.",
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        {
          "ref": "2017, Samantha Connor, quoted in April Glover, \"Qantas pilot slammed for 'patronising announcement' blaming flight delay on wheelchair-bound passenger\", Daily Mail, 15 June 2017",
          "text": "'They just ablesplained their delay by using a disabled passenger as an excuse. And it's a disabled passenger I know. You truly cannot make this up.'"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Cushla Brooke Dares, \"BEYOND the FORTRESS: Dis/ability, Community and Care\", thesis submitted to the University of Canterbury, page 9",
          "text": "I’m so sick of able-bodied people trying to speak for us, and ablesplaining!"
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        "(neologism, of a nondisabled person) To explain something related to disability in a manner that is condescending or shows a lack of understanding, compassion, or respect for the disabled."
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          "ref": "2017, Samantha Connor, quoted in April Glover, \"Qantas pilot slammed for 'patronising announcement' blaming flight delay on wheelchair-bound passenger\", Daily Mail, 15 June 2017",
          "text": "'They just ablesplained their delay by using a disabled passenger as an excuse. And it's a disabled passenger I know. You truly cannot make this up.'"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Cushla Brooke Dares, \"BEYOND the FORTRESS: Dis/ability, Community and Care\", thesis submitted to the University of Canterbury, page 9",
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