manspreading
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thumb|An example of "manspreading" on the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line
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thumb|An example of "manspreading" on the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line
"Manspreading" or "man-sitting" is a pejorative neologism referring to the practice of men sitting in public transport with legs wide apart, thereby covering more than one seat.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “manspreading” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.