manspreading



manspreading

slang Of a man, sitting with one's legs wide apart, often encroaching on others' personal space. Thanks to the dude manspreading next to me, I had hardly any room to myself on the subway.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Joan (2)joo-AHN (Catalan), zhoo-AHN (Catalan)Catalan, Occitan
Eysteinn-Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
Cormag-Scottish
Ipatiy-Russian (Rare)
BeowulfBAY-ə-woolf (English)Anglo-Saxon Mythology
Madhur-Indian, Hindi