goysplain

English

Etymology

From goy +‎ -splain.

Verb

goysplain (third-person singular simple present goysplains, present participle goysplaining, simple past and past participle goysplained)

(neologism, Judaism) To condescendingly explain Jewish issues to a Jew as a goy (non-Jew).
- 2014 December 10, Doktor Zoom, “Scott Walker Wished Jewish Friends A Merry Jewish Christmas And An Incendiary New Year”, in Wonkette‎^[1], archived from the original on 27 March 2024:
  And so Walker makes the appropriate gestures of love for Israel, which is both a great beacon of democracy and a necessary prop that will be needed to bring about the End Times. He even made a point of goysplaining, at a Las Vegas Adelsonfest, that he named his son Matthew, which is Hebrew for "gift from God," and that he celebrates the Birth of Our Saviour Jesus Christ with both Christmas lights and "a menorah candle." See, he's trying real hard!
- 2015 March 30, Lilit Marcus, “The Art of Goysplaining”, in The Forward‎^[2], New York, N.Y.: The Forward Association, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-12-07:
  The people who goysplain think that because they went to the trouble of reading an article, watching a documentary, or Googling something, they now understand an entire faith and should be congratulated for it.
- 2016 April 18, Ben Norton, “Hillary Clinton "goysplains" to Bernie Sanders in Passover article, accusing him of betraying his people by criticizing Israel”, in Salon.com‎^[3], →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-12-03:
  This did not stop Clinton from "goysplaining" the holiday and accusing prominent left-wing Jews like Bernie Sanders of betraying their own people.

Derived terms

goysplaining (noun)

References

Paul McFedries (1996–2024) “goysplain”, in Word Spy, Logophilia Limited.