"youthsplain" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: youthsplains [present, singular, third-person], youthsplaining [participle, present], youthsplained [participle, past], youthsplained [past]
Etymology: From youth + -splain, after mansplain. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|youth|splain}} youth + -splain Head templates: {{en-verb}} youthsplain (third-person singular simple present youthsplains, present participle youthsplaining, simple past and past participle youthsplained)
  1. To explain youth issues (as a youth) to someone much older, especially in a condescending manner. Derived forms: youthsplainer

Inflected forms

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          "text": "I want youthsplain to become a new word, now I read that mansplain is the runner-up to “fake news” for word of the decade. Youthsplain will call out patronising assumptions that people over 60 “will be ignorant of the subject matter” especially when it’s to do with technology. - Janet Burstall, Lilyfield",
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