manspreading
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈmænˌspɹɛdɪŋ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Etymology 1[edit]
From man + spreading. Popularized in 2014, perhaps patterned after mansplaining.
Noun[edit]
manspreading (uncountable)
- (informal, derogatory) The practice of men splaying their legs open wide when sitting on public transport, thus occupying more than one seat.
- Coordinate term: womanspreading
- 2014 December 20, Emma G. Fitzsimmons, “A scourge is spreading. M.T.A.’s cure? Dude, close your legs”, in The New York Times[1]:
- The new ads — aimed at curbing rude behavior like manspreading and wearing large backpacks on crowded trains — are set to go up in the subways next month.
- 2015 January 10, Margaret Wente, “Advice to younger women: Practise manning up”, in The Globe and Mail[2], Toronto:
- Manspreading is certainly bad manners in a crowded subway – and so is other stuff, like people wielding giant backpacks.
- 2015 January 16, Natasha Devon, “The rise of stranger shaming: How humiliating others became acceptable”, in The Independent[3], London:
- Twitter, Snapchat and Instagram show thousands pictures of men engaging in this behaviour, and New York's transit authority launched a campaign against ‘manspreading’, with a Tumblr dedicated: Men Taking Up Too Much Space On The Train.
- 2016, Kelly Starrett, Deskbound: Standing Up to a Sitting World[4], page 190:
- Manspreading creates stability for your pelvis and lower back. You can either position your feet together and let your knees fall to the sides or spread your feet wide.
Quotations[edit]
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:manspreading.
Synonyms[edit]
Hypernyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
practice of men splaying their legs open wide when sitting on public transport
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Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
manspreading
- present participle and gerund of manspread
Further reading[edit]
- manspreading on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams[edit]
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