villainsplain

English

Etymology

From villain +‎ -splain.

Verb

villainsplain (third-person singular simple present villainsplains, present participle villainsplaining, simple past and past participle villainsplained)

1. (informal) Of a villain in a fictional work, to explain the details of one's evil plans or actions, or the motivations that drive them.
   • 2019 April 5, Steven Katz, “In the Woods”, in Kate Dennis, director, The Tick, season 2, episode 9, spoken by Overkill (Scott Speiser):

     Are you done villainsplaining?

   • 2022 November 1, Molly Young, “In a New Novel, Percival Everett Riffs Gleefully on 007”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     There’s a moment when John Sill gazes at the “Mona Lisa,” which he has stolen from the Louvre. The painting, he villainsplains to Kitu, is artistically unimpressive but nevertheless “a work of genius. Marketing genius.”

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:villainsplain.