n. When a non-Jew patronizingly explains Judaism or Jewish concerns to a Jew.
2016
Hillary Clinton’s supporters have frequently, and often dishonestly, accused Bernie Sanders and his supporters of "mansplaining."
Meanwhile, the presidential candidate herself published a blog post on the right-wing pro-Israel website The Times of Israel on Sunday night doing what can only be described as "goysplaining" — or, as a non-Jew, condescendingly accusing a Jew of betraying his own people for criticizing Israel.
Meanwhile, the presidential candidate herself published a blog post on the right-wing pro-Israel website The Times of Israel on Sunday night doing what can only be described as "goysplaining" — or, as a non-Jew, condescendingly accusing a Jew of betraying his own people for criticizing Israel.
2015
That’s why when a non-Jewish colleague at work spent ten minutes explaining Passover to me as if I, a Jew, had never heard of it before, a word immediately popped into my head: "goysplaining."
2014
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."
2011 (earliest)
Goysplaining is now my word of the year.
Just in case the term is unfamiliar, goy is the (sometimes disparaging) Jewish designation for a non-Jew (also called a Gentile). It comes from the Hebrew gōy, "people, nation" (plural: goyim) and was first used in English as early as 1828. (Note that the OED has a confirmed earliest citation of 1841, so this is an antedating. However, see also this citation from 1782.)