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- verb slang To
explain .
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Examples
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DOUBLE VISION - For those TV characters played by the same actor but in different series not always - and who are not the same person using an alias - this is the general category to "splain" why they look the same - clones, plastic surgery, alien impersonation, masks, quantum leaping, etc.
Archive 2009-08-30 Toby O'B 2009
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DOUBLE VISION - For those TV characters played by the same actor but in different series not always - and who are not the same person using an alias - this is the general category to "splain" why they look the same - clones, plastic surgery, alien impersonation, masks, quantum leaping, etc.
ANNIVERSARY SCHMALTZ Toby O'B 2009
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Guys tried to explain 'em me and they couldn't even 'splain 'em to themselves!
Erica Jong: Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds 2008
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My job is to "splain" away such Zonks, and in the case of the mention of 'The West Wing' on 'Joan Of Arcadia', that's relatively easy to do.
"WING" AND A PRAYER Toby O'B 2004
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My job is to "splain" away such Zonks, and in the case of the mention of 'The West Wing' on 'Joan Of Arcadia', that's relatively easy to do.
Archive 2004-09-26 Toby O'B 2004
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He could "understand t'ings easy enough though he couldn't allers 'splain' em."
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He could "understand t'ings easy enough though he couldn't allers 'splain' em."
Blown to Bits The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago 1859
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Maybe he can "splain" others points of view to you also!
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Throw in a TON of empty seats, and FIFA have some 'splain'n to do!
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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I don't think cooler water would be going from South to North -- Might have to "splain" that one.
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