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seat hogging en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (derogatory, informal, uncountable) The act of occupying more than one seat, especially on public transport.
    • As a commuter myself, there is no such thing as accidental seat hogging or seat hogging due to ignorance. 2013, Benjamin Schuster, Train 407, BookBaby, →ISBN:
    • Seat "hogging" has been eliminated. 1935, The Railroad Telegrapher: 1935, Volume 52, Order of Railroad Telegraphers, page 578:
    • Seat hogging has become a common phenomenon and a potential source of user complaints or even conflicts. 2015 October 6, Esther Woo, “Marshalling a Century of Experience: Customizing Services for the Next Generation of Users”, in Stephen Mossop, editor, Customer Service in Academic Libraries: Tales from the Front Line, Elsevier, page 38:

Hyponyms

manspreading