Manspreading, or man-sitting, is the practice of sitting in public transport with legs wide apart, thereby covering more than one seat.

It's time to stop manspreading.

When hangry, bants and manspreading made it into the dictionary last month, it was further recognition of the creative new ways we find to communicate.

The criticism and campaigns against manspreading have been counter-criticized for not addressing similar behavior by women, such as taking up adjacent seats with bags, or "she-bagging".

In some cases, people who find manspreading offensive have taken to photographing manspreading, and posting those images on the Internet.

Transport officials in Philadelphia, Chicago and Washington D.C. have not noted complaints against manspreading in particular.

The controversy surrounding manspreading have been described by liberaterian feminist Cathy Young as "pseudo feminism - preoccupied with male misbehavior, no matter how trivial".

Starting as a turn of phrase by feminists on Tumbler, Manspreading is a critique of men who take up more than one seat with their legs widely spread.

Both this posture and usage of the term "manspreading" have caused some internet criticism, and debates in the USA, UK, Turkey, and Canada.

Curiously, many are fascinated by those who peruse spreadsheets on MacBooks, though maybe it's just because Apple's sleek lines are digging into their thighs: opening a laptop is the new manspreading.

And while we're sure men will try to come up with some excuse for their pole-dominating behaviour - just like their 'we need to make room for our balls' nonsense to excuse manspreading - there isn't one.

It is commonly said that leaders such as Harold Macmillan had either fought in the trenches or known men at first hand in their industrial constituencies and so gained a respect for working-class life, which the 21st-century leadership, with its upmarket aura of fine wine and evenings spent manspreading with sofa-sprawled box sets, conspicuously lacks.

In January 2015, the TA launched a publicity campaign, Courtesy Counts, Manners Make a Better Ride, including the anti-Showtime slogan "Poles Are For Your Safety, Not Your Latest Routine", alongside other advertisements against manspreading, "pole hogging", and public nail clipping.