manspreading
The practice of men splaying their legs open wide when sitting on public transport,…The practice of men splaying their legs open wide when sitting on public transport, thus occupying more than one seat.
/ˈmænˌspɹɛdɪŋ/
» Tom, you're manspreading.
Meaning
1 senses(derogatory, informal, uncountable)The practice of men splaying their legs open wide when sitting on public transport, thus occupying more than one seat.
мэнспредингmɛnspreding
Examples
2 sentencesTom, you're manspreading.
Tom, stop manspreading!
Translations
2 languagesРусский
practice of men splaying their legs open wide when sitting on public transport:
Origin
From man + spreading. Popularized in 2014, perhaps patterned after mansplaining. Equal toFrom man + spreading. Popularized in 2014, perhaps patterned after mansplaining. Equal to manspread + -ing.
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Synonyms
1 synonymsman-sitting
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable