NAUTSPLAINING
(to) nautsplain
PRONUNCIATION: nawt-spleyn │ / ˈnɔtspleɪn /
Blends non-autistic and explain.
VERB
[1] a non-autistic person commenting on or explaining something autism-related, usually to an autistic person. Often in a condescending, overconfident, inaccurate, or generalized manner.
[2] a non-autistic person speaking for or over autistic people on something autism-related.
EXAMPLES:
This non-autistic person just nautsplained my own autism to me.
Dear non-autistics, please don’t nautsplain autism. Listen to autistic people!
Please stop nautsplaining.
OTHER WORDS FROM NAUTSPLAIN
nautsplainer
PRONUNCIATION: nawt-spley-nuh │ / ˈnɔtspleɪnə(r) /
NOUN, singular [plural: nautsplainers]
[1] a person who nautsplains.
EXAMPLES:
That person is a nautsplainer.
These nautsplainers keep talking about autism as if they know what they’re talking about.
nautsplanation
PRONUNCATION: nawt-spluh-ney-shuhn │ / nɔtspləˈneɪʃən /
NOUN, singular [plural: nautsplanations]
[1] the act or process of nautsplaining.
EXAMPLES:
I am autistic, I really don’t need your nautsplanation.
I wish non-autistics would stop it with their false, harmful nautsplanations.
nautsplaining
PRONUNCIATION: nawt-spley-ning │ / nɔtˈspleɪnɪŋ /
NOUN, [uncounted, has no plural]
[1] the act or process of nautsplaining.
EXAMPLES:
Can non-autistic people please stop the nautsplaining?!
I had to read way too much nautsplaining today.
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