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TERRITORIAL SPREAD
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One person’s belongings — papers, phone, jacket, drink — spread across more shared space than seems necessary.
MEANS
Territorial claim. The person is marking the area as theirs.
CONTEXT
Common in meetings, on planes, and at shared tables. A confident or dominant person spreads; an uncertain one consolidates. Note who claims what, and watch what happens when someone else attempts to use the claimed space.
NOT
An unconscious mess in a personal space.
