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mansplay

Today it means: To spread one’s thighs widely while seated, exposing one’s crotch and taking up space from any adjacent seats. Full definition →

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The story

From man + splay, probably by wordplay on mansplain.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.