seat hogging

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English

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  • seat-hogging

Noun

seat hogging (uncountable)

  1. (informal, derogatory) The act of occupying more than one seat, especially on public transport.
    • 1935, The Railroad Telegrapher: 1935, Volume 52‎, Order of Railroad Telegraphers, page 578:
      Seat "hogging" has been eliminated.
    • 2013, Benjamin Schuster, Train 407‎, BookBaby, →ISBN:
      As a commuter myself, there is no such thing as accidental seat hogging or seat hogging due to ignorance.
    • 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:
      Seat hogging has become a common phenomenon and a potential source of user complaints or even conflicts.

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