Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to straightsplain
Participle: straightsplained
Gerund: straightsplaining
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | straightsplain |
| you | straightsplain |
| he;she;it | straightsplains |
| we | straightsplain |
| you | straightsplain |
| they | straightsplain |
Perfect
| I | have straightsplained |
| you | have straightsplained |
| he;she;it | has straightsplained |
| we | have straightsplained |
| you | have straightsplained |
| they | have straightsplained |
Past
| I | straightsplained |
| you | straightsplained |
| he;she;it | straightsplained |
| we | straightsplained |
| you | straightsplained |
| they | straightsplained |
Pluperfect
| I | had straightsplained |
| you | had straightsplained |
| he;she;it | had straightsplained |
| we | had straightsplained |
| you | had straightsplained |
| they | had straightsplained |
Future
| I | will straightsplain |
| you | will straightsplain |
| he;she;it | will straightsplain |
| we | will straightsplain |
| you | will straightsplain |
| they | will straightsplain |
Future Perfect
| I | will have straightsplained |
| you | will have straightsplained |
| he;she;it | will have straightsplained |
| we | will have straightsplained |
| you | will have straightsplained |
| they | will have straightsplained |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | straightsplain |
| you | straightsplain |
| he;she;it | straightsplain |
| we | straightsplain |
| you | straightsplain |
| they | straightsplain |
Perfect
| I | have straightsplained |
| you | have straightsplained |
| he;she;it | have straightsplained |
| we | have straightsplained |
| you | have straightsplained |
| they | have straightsplained |
Imperfect
| I | straightsplained |
| you | straightsplained |
| he;she;it | straightsplained |
| we | straightsplained |
| you | straightsplained |
| they | straightsplained |
Pluperfect
| I | had straightsplained |
| you | had straightsplained |
| he;she;it | had straightsplained |
| we | had straightsplained |
| you | had straightsplained |
| they | had straightsplained |
Conditional
Present
| I | would straightsplain |
| you | would straightsplain |
| he;she;it | would straightsplain |
| we | would straightsplain |
| you | would straightsplain |
| they | would straightsplain |
Perfect
| I | would have straightsplained |
| you | would have straightsplained |
| he;she;it | would have straightsplained |
| we | would have straightsplained |
| you | would have straightsplained |
| they | would have straightsplained |
Imperative
| you | straightsplain |
| we | Let's straightsplain |
| you | straightsplain |
Verbs conjugated like 'straightsplain'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'straightsplain'
straight-arm,
straighten,
straight,
streighten,
blacksplain,
enstraighten,
mansplain,
rataplan,
restraighten,
scraight,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From straight + -splain, after mansplain.
Sample Sentences
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There are several different degrees of straightsplaining. That word, inspired by the increasingly common "mansplaining," describes the practice of straight people explaining how gay people are, or what gay people do, or how gay people do what they do, or why. [2014 July 2, Rich Juzwiak, “A Field Guide to Straightsplaining”, in Gawker, retrieved 19 Oct 2016:]
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What both Longhurst and Hartley-Brewer failed to notice was that, by trying to universalise the incident as an attack on, as they said, “the freedom of all people”, they were attempting to both whitewash and "straight-splain" Orlando. [2016 June 23, Alim Kheraj, “"Let LGBT People Of Colour Speak For Themselves"”, in Refinery29, retrieved 19 Oct 2016:]
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[2016 October 18, Ben Winsor, “Comment: Thank you for straight-splaining the plebiscite to us 'naive' LGBT Australians”, in SBS Sexuality, archived from the original on 20 Oct 2016:]
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And now, the plebiscite is dead. And hopefully so is the straightsplaining. [2016 November 9, Rebecca Shaw, “The plebiscite is dead, hopefully it takes all the straightsplaining with it”, in SBS Comedy, retrieved 21 Apr 2017:]