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[HairOfTheDog]

lol that really got under your fingernails, didn't it? I object to humblebrag because I'm not particularly humble. As for "Mansplaining" well I suppose I do that to everybody.

It didn't get under my fingernails, but it was a highly amusing and memorable claim that merits more than one mocking. The fact that your whopping humblebrag in that thread was also mansplained in such detail is amazeballs, really. Hats off.

You can object to humblebrag, but it fits like a glove. You just didn't comprehend its definition properly. You don't have to be a humble person to humblebrag. The humble part is the situational front. The brag part is real. Like using the pretext of it being a "flaw" or "something you don't like about yourself" to boast about your belief that you are the master of women and have the power to change their behavior to suit your liking.

But, yeah, I agree that you're not humble at all and do plenty of bragging without a false pretext as well. Smart blatant braggers are probably also the best at the art of humblebragging when the opportunity presents itself.

But I hereby coin a brand NEW word that both shows the reason mansplaining is an epidemic and casts light on one of the biggest flaws many women share: The "vacant-she". That's where a woman who is clearly intelligent and capable, pretends to be stupid and helpless to a nearby man for the purpose of either attracting a mate or getting him to do stuff for her.

Mansplaining the mansplain. Not bad.

The act of mansplaining is nothing new, nor an epidemic though. Been around for ages; long before a single term for it was coined. And, it's defined by the deliverer and style of the explanation, not the recipient. Your mainsplains in here, to that point, aren't directed at vacant-shes. You're a chronic and indiscriminate mansplainer based on your personality and how you see things -- or just to rile people up? Funny stuff, either way.

Hey, maybe your NEW word will catch on and be used frequently enough to therefore qualify for entry into the Oxford Online Dictionary. At which point, you can post the LA Times and BBC articles announcing its entry; giving yourself credit for its invention whilst telling everyone how rather silly you find it that a product of your effortless cleverness is getting such wide exposure.