manterruption

English

Etymology

Blend of man +‎ interruption

Noun

manterruption (plural manterruptions)

  1. The act of manterrupting a woman.
    • 2015 January 20, Jessica Bennett, “How Not to Be 'Manterrupted' in Meetings”, in Time‎:
      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.
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