"fansplain" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2015 July 28, Dan Kois, “Meghan Trainor’s People Interview About The Peanuts Movie Is a Total Disaster”, in Slate",
          "text": "I’ll even fansplain away the bizarre “We Love Moms” and “Thanks Dads!” teasers—for Peanuts, a property that famously did away with parents entirely—as non-essential marketing chum, the cost of doing business in a Minionized marketplace where every animated character must be a blank slate to which literally any sentiment can be affixed.",
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          "text": "It could have actually been great if only it wasn't obsessed with fansplaining details literally nobody was curious about.",
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