Fanspreading
Fanspreading by Lucas Lucas October 26, 2015
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The art of women spreading their bags and other carried items on a bus or a train. Often taking up more than one seat and causing discomfort to other passengers.
femspreading by WayOfLight March 31, 2015
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manspreading
The act of men spreading legs - particularly on a subway train - to create space for genitalia, which has come under fire by certain feminist-leaners who insist the practice takes up too much room on crowded trains.
manspreading by Terry Heaton December 21, 2014
manspreading
When a man sits down without having his legs so tightly together he cuts off the blood supply to his genitals and his balls drop off.
James sat down on the train, his legs at an angle of approximately 10 degrees. He is manspreading! James is everything wrong with modern society, is a despicable misogynist and is entirely to blame for the patriarchy.
manspreading by dav3dlegend November 4, 2015
Manspreading
A natural position in which a man is spreading his legs apart so that he doesn't damage his reproductive organs. Unfortunately some snowflake feminists are a making a big deal about this that somehow this causes oppression while women can cover the whole seat of a subway train with her bags and purses and creating more burdens for other people.
A man sits in a subway seat
Dumb bitch: omg that man is manspreading! Patriarchy is out of control!
Man: Shut up bitch, you and I are mammals and that means you have tits and i have a cock. You wear a bra to protect your boobs while i have to avoid damaging my nutsack.
Dumb bitch: Waaaah! Waaaaah! Im posting my trauma on tumblr.
Dumb bitch: omg that man is manspreading! Patriarchy is out of control!
Man: Shut up bitch, you and I are mammals and that means you have tits and i have a cock. You wear a bra to protect your boobs while i have to avoid damaging my nutsack.
Dumb bitch: Waaaah! Waaaaah! Im posting my trauma on tumblr.
Manspreading by Deadmojo January 20, 2019
Manspreading
Feminist 1: this guy on the bus is Manspreading
Feminist 2: we need to submit a video saying how we were sexually assaulted
Feminist 2: we need to submit a video saying how we were sexually assaulted
Manspreading by Meninistsagainstfeminists January 12, 2017
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The striver is willing to sacrifice his social life at the expense of Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude. The striver is the guy who stays at the library long after you are gone. The striver is the guy who takes 30 credits/semester and considers anything below an A/4.0 failure. The striver doesn't work on campus, he is too busy finding ways to pad his resume instead of working retail or workstudy. The striver lets his grades pay his education by applying to ten scholarships a year.
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Anthony was a striver. He transfered from a TTT to an IVY and graduated in 2 years. He studied his ass off and went to Penn Law. He got a Biglaw offer. But lost it all because of an unmoderated mesasgeboard.
Successful strivers:
- Barack Obama
- Harold Koh
Successful strivers:
- Barack Obama
- Harold Koh
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