gothhabiba:aethersea:gailcarriger:tj:“The Roomy Dodge” — “yesterday we discovered the Victor
gothhabiba: aethersea: gailcarriger: tj: “The Roomy Dodge” — “yesterday we discovered the Victorian word for ‘manspreading’” OMG. and the Victorian advice on the subject, which is 1. jab viciously with elbows 2. public shaming [”Oh, if you please, Sir, you’re treading on my toes!” Of Sitting Square. “Sitting square,” or “sitting wide,” otherwise known as the roomy dodge, is an elegant method of sticking out the elbows, and widening the space between the knees, so as to occupy as much room as possible, and to make the unfortunate persons who sit next, on each side, wretchedly uncomfortable and close-jammed, if not half-suffocated. Reasoning would be lost upon anybody who could do such a thing : the best remedy (next to a dig in the side) is to call the attention of the whole omnibus to the fact.] -- source link