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manterrupt

verb

  1. unnecessary interruption of a woman by a man
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Wiktionary

verb

Etymology: Blend of man + interrupt, after mansplain.

  1. To interrupt condescendingly (a female interlocutor), presuming that the woman's word have little merit merely because she is not male.

    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.