Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blacksplain

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
black-splain
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Of a black person in a group with non-black people: to explain some concept which is very common in black culture while assuming the non-black members of the group do not understand.

Slang

Etymology

From black + -splain.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

blacksplains (present, singular) blacksplaining (participle, present) blacksplained (participle, past) blacksplained (past)

Questions

What does blacksplain mean?
Of a black person in a group with non-black people: to explain some concept which is very common in black culture while assuming the non-black members of the group do not understand.
Where does blacksplain come from?
From black + -splain.

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