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14:57 Apr 4, 2020
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English term or phrase: manspreading
Definition from Oxford:
The practice whereby a man, especially one traveling on public transportation, adopts a sitting position with his legs wide apart, in such a way as to encroach on an adjacent seat or seats.

Example sentence(s):
  • A student has faced an "unpleasant backlash" over her award-winning chair designed to stop "manspreading". BBC News
  • Anna Dovgalyuk, 20, has started splashing a mixture of water and bleach on the groins of men with their legs spread too far on the St Petersberg metro. The law student embarked on the one-woman crusade to stop manspreading and has accused men in her native Russia of "gender aggression" but says the country is not doing enough the tackle the problem. The Sun
  • Whilst it's most certainly not the politest of ways to sit oneself, does the act of manspreading really legitimise anybody to define space as “inherently gendered”, as Mic subsequently did? Is it actually a case of men monopolising a woman’s space out of intrinsic entitlement? Or does science play a bigger part than we might think? Independent
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manspreading


Definition from BNR:
Manspreading staat voor breeduit zitten in het openbaar vervoer, specifieker: met de benen wijd.

Example sentence(s):
  • Iedereen die wel eens met het openbaar vervoer heeft gereisd, kent deze irritatie: manspreading. - Elle  
  • Lekker met de benen wijd zitten: ‘manspreading’ - Non-verbaal coach  
  • Hoewel het woord 'man-spreading' pas sinds 2015 in de Oxford Dictionary staat, is de discussie over dit gedrag een stuk ouder. - Volkskrant  

Explanation:
In het Volkskrant-artikel wordt man-spreading aangehouden, maar ik kies liever voor de versie zonder koppelteken.
Lars Derks
Netherlands
Local time: 14:54
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch

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