"goysplain" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: goysplains [present, singular, third-person], goysplaining [participle, present], goysplained [participle, past], goysplained [past]
Etymology: From goy + -splain. Etymology templates: {{af|en|goy|-splain}} goy + -splain Head templates: {{en-verb}} goysplain (third-person singular simple present goysplains, present participle goysplaining, simple past and past participle goysplained)
  1. (neologism, Judaism) To condescendingly explain Jewish issues to a Jew as a goy (non-Jew). Tags: Judaism, neologism Categories (topical): Judaism Derived forms: goysplaining [noun]

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2014 December 10, Doktor Zoom, “Scott Walker Wished Jewish Friends A Merry Jewish Christmas And An Incendiary New Year”, in Wonkette, archived from the original on 2024-03-27:",
          "text": "And so Walker makes the appropriate gestures of love for Israel, which is both a great beacon of democracy and a necessary prop that will be needed to bring about the End Times. He even made a point of goysplaining, at a Las Vegas Adelsonfest, that he named his son Matthew, which is Hebrew for \"gift from God,\" and that he celebrates the Birth of Our Saviour Jesus Christ with both Christmas lights and \"a menorah candle.\" See, he's trying real hard!",
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          "ref": "2016 April 18, Ben Norton, “Hillary Clinton \"goysplains\" to Bernie Sanders in Passover article, accusing him of betraying his people by criticizing Israel”, in Salon.com, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-12-03:",
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