Subway scourge 'manspreading' added to Oxford dictionary

Manspreading, the masculine scourge of subway commuters, has inched closer toward becoming an official word.

It is now one of about 1,000 fashionable words that have been added to oxforddictionairies.com -- with company that includes "awesomesauce" "cat cafe," and "wine o'clock." But even though these words will be in the online database, it does not mean they will be a part of the official dictionary.

The Oxford Dictionary website describes the behavior as "the practice whereby a man, especially one travelling on public transport, adopts a sitting position with his legs wide apart, in such a way as to encroach on an adjacent seat or seats."

The MTA has tried to fight the behavior with a courtesy campaign.

"'Manspreading" may be in the Oxford dictionary, but we hope to take it out of the straphangers' dictionary," said agency spokesman Adam Lisberg.