manspreading
when men sit in public transportation with legs spread apart
TRANSLATION
manspreading = Menschen (vor allem Männer), die in öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln breitbeinig dasitzen und damit anderen die Sitzplätze nebeb ihnen blockieren --- GOOGLE INDEX manspreading: approximately 350,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Tom Hanks is defending himself against the Internet after he took some criticism for MANSPREADING on the subway.
(Newsday)
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"He's doing the classic, the MANSPREADING thing," she said. "I can't do it in my dress, it would look rather terrible. But guys do do that, don't they?"
(British actress Helen Mirren)
(Newsday)
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"He's doing the classic, the MANSPREADING thing," she said. "I can't do it in my dress, it would look rather terrible. But guys do do that, don't they?"
(British actress Helen Mirren)
Did you
know?
manspreading
noun
- a male passenger in a bus or train spreading his legs and denying space to the passenger sitting next to him
(Collins Dictionary)
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Manspreading, or man-sitting, is the predominately male practice of sitting in public transport with legs wide apart, thereby covering more than one seat. This posture has caused some Internet criticism and debates in several countries.
It first entered the public debate when an anti-manspreading campaign was started on the social media website Tumblr in 2013.The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and the Sound Transit of Seattle have instituted poster campaigns against manspreading when other passengers have to stand due to crowding on buses and trains.
The MTA campaign posts slogans like "Dude, stop the spread please!" In some cases, people who find this practice offensive have taken to photographing the manspreaders and posting images on the Internet.
(adapted from Wikipedia)
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Manspreading is spreading."
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Thanks to Ron for suggesting today's word!
noun
- a male passenger in a bus or train spreading his legs and denying space to the passenger sitting next to him
(Collins Dictionary)
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Manspreading, or man-sitting, is the predominately male practice of sitting in public transport with legs wide apart, thereby covering more than one seat. This posture has caused some Internet criticism and debates in several countries.
It first entered the public debate when an anti-manspreading campaign was started on the social media website Tumblr in 2013.The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and the Sound Transit of Seattle have instituted poster campaigns against manspreading when other passengers have to stand due to crowding on buses and trains.
The MTA campaign posts slogans like "Dude, stop the spread please!" In some cases, people who find this practice offensive have taken to photographing the manspreaders and posting images on the Internet.
(adapted from Wikipedia)
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Manspreading is spreading."
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Thanks to Ron for suggesting today's word!
