repsplaining
/ˈrɛpˌsplɛɪnɪŋ/nounVerified NewUnsolicited correction of another gym-goer's exercise form, usually by a stranger who has been watching.
The rep-splainer is rarely asked and not always wrong, which makes the advice hard to dismiss outright. The target must weigh possible injury against certain humiliation mid-rep. Women and newcomers report it arriving in bundles; the advice-giver almost never asks first.
Etym. — reps + -splaining, extending the -splaining family to the gym floor, where the subject matter is your own body.
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