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How would you call sitting with your legs crossed but one calf resting on the other knee?

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00:00 How Would You Call Sitting With Your Legs Crossed But One Calf Resting On The Other Knee?
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As others have noted, this could be described in basic terms as sitting with sitting with crossed legs or with a leg crossed, but to be more specific, Allan Pease's Body Language: How to read others' thoughts by their gestures (Sheldon Press, 1981) refers to this specific position as an "American figure four" because it is supposedly a

sitting position used by many American males who have a competitive nature

and to be contrasted with what he terms the "standard" leg cross, as such:

Figures from 'Body Language' comparing standard and figure 4 leg crosses

He retains this terminology in The Definitive Book of Body Language (Random House, 2008):

Legs crossed in a figure four

in contrast with the Europea Leg Cross (with a higher knee) and the Ankle Cross among others, and while I have never heard those terms in everyday use, I have heard of one crossing his legs in a figure-four. Whether originating from these books or from elsewhere, the terminology is used not only by other body language websites and books but in medical uses and massage guides, among others.




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You probably mean sitting with leg crossed: (ankle-on-knee)

  • figure sitting position involves resting one foot over the thigh of the other, and it's usually much more comfortable for men than the tight leg cross. It’s a popular male leg cross, although it can be seen in some assertive and extrovert women too.

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commons.wikimedia has loads of such pictures in...

Category:Sitting with legs crossed (ankle-on-knee)