manspread

[ man-spred ]

verb (used without object)

, Informal.

1. (of a man) to sit with one's legs far apart, taking up too much space on a seat shared with other people:

   guys who manspread on the subway.

Other Words From

• man·spreading noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of manspread¹

First recorded in 2010–15; man ( def ) + spread ( def )

Example Sentences

In one chapter, a hypermasculine man sits next to Sycamore on the bus and proceeds to aggressively manspread, his thighs spilling over into her seat.

From Seattle Times

DeSantis has been referred to as a "Mini Trump," and sitting beside him in the Oval Office at the end of April, the governor looked as if he could be the president's large adult son: that same aging baseball player's build, the manspread engulfing their plush yellow chairs, both sets of hands appearing to play an invisible accordion as they spoke.

From Washington Post

In the front row, a group of boys competitively manspread and occasionally burst into overloud laughter at obscure jokes.

From The Guardian

“A lot of my patients will say: Oh, you want me to ‘manspread.’

From Washington Post

"We have to be elegant; we have to worry about not showing the shape of our bodies. The men, they manspread and no-one bats an eye," she says.

From BBC