It’s official, ya’ll. “Manspreading” isn’t just a slang term for an obnoxious phenomenon that happens on crowded subways anymore. It’s officially a word.
The venerable Oxford English Dictionary just issued its quarterly update of new words that have gained enough widespread use in the English language to merit being added to its ever-growing database, and “manspreading” made the cut.
The official definition of “manspreading” is as follows:
manspreading man·spread·ing/?man?sprediNG/ 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: a campaign to discourage manspreading or using an adjacent seat as a footrest
As frustrating as manspreading can sometimes be, we’ve always kinda had a thing for it. There’s something sorta sexy about a dude showing off his wide stance in public, which is why we started the weekly tradition “Manspread Monday” on our Instagram page.
How about we take this to the next level?
Our newsletter is like a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.
To celebrate this latest induction into the dictionary, we thought we’d do a quick roundup of some of our favorite manspreads.
Scroll down to see photos sexy men showing off their ‘spreads…
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Glenn C Reimer
Only two of these images in the article are ACTUALLY on public transport. You can do better, Queerty. Ask Matthew Rettenmund about surreptious, sure he’s happy to share! Love, me
Blake Ryan
Jen #GIRL
Ives Meagher
They should change the Queerty name to ” Crochety”….one track mind.
Jose R Negron
Damn. What train is that ?
rand503
Love the guy in the red socks doing the split. I always wanted to go up to a guy in that position, put my left hand on his shoulder to keep him stable, and use my right hand to give him a nice squeeze.
Jay Smith
Man’s spread has always been the same. It’s the women’s asses that have gotten bigger!!! Much bigger!!!!
William Meyer
I am all for this!
John Twilla
Michael Cooper
Arcamenel
Only 2 of these are examples of actual manspreading, you just wanted a reason to post more pics of your marginally attractive pieces of wonder bread. Thanks for including the token though…I guess.
Nathan Harkins
I guess it’s a good addition to the dictionary for historical purposes, but no one is actually talking about “man spreading” anymore. The discussion lasted about a month and then fizzled. It was ridiculous to begin with.
Will Glitzern
Sorry, I think it’s kinda gross…
Sidney Davies
Why are we adding these words to the Oxford dictionary?! We are just making mankind dumber.
Tony Rizzi
Hysterically funny!
Kirk Montrealer
I say SPREAD EM
Jarodd Washington
If I see someone do that I’ll grab there dick and said let’s date
Billy Budd
I liked the gladiator spread.
Colin Ennis
When I’ve seen this story on non-gay media, I definitely dont see THIS pic
Timothy Herbert
best part about riding a bus
Billy Budd
I like THIS spread the best: Pelvic Power-Lifting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbTSmOS_m6Q
gaym50ish
So, is that what Senator Larry Craig was doing in that bathroom stall when he explained that he just has a “wide stance” — and that he wasn’t really signalling for sex from the undercover cop in the next stall?
All this time we thought he was cruising, and he was simply “manspreading.”
Bauhaus
Nice bit of humor. Is that bedside lube in pic # 1?
Evji108
A collection of sexy photos of men that has little to do with to with the written piece. If they had spent a few more minutes on it they could have had both. But why bother, this is Queerty.
VERNON
Gosh!!!! such man body language pictures.
50shadesofsingle
50shadesofsingle – yes it’s my Instagram page where the pic is from.. ?
Wouldn’t have said no had you asked.
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MikeSauce
That picture in the thumbnail with the orange shorts… I have jacked off to that photo numerous times!