manterruption
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Blend of man + interruption
Noun[edit]
manterruption (plural manterruptions)
- The act of manterrupting a woman.
- 2015 January 20, Jessica Bennett, “How Not to Be 'Manterrupted' in Meetings”, in Time[1]:
- It was perhaps the most public example of the “manterruption” – that is, a man interrupting a woman while she’s trying to speak (in this case, on stage, by herself, as an award honoree) and taking over the floor.