maxx

See also: -maxx

English

Etymology

Back-formation from -maxx.

Verb

maxx (third-person singular simple present maxxes, present participle maxxing, simple past and past participle maxxed)

  1. To enhance one's life by employing looksmaxxing and other similar strategies.
    • 2025 October 11, Nitsuh Abebe, “The Suffix That Tells Us to Ruthlessly Optimize Everything”, in The New York Times Magazine‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 October 2025:
      You could see this in the way maxxing strategies pointed to extremes — not just unsettling ones (eating disorders, height surgeries, high-octane misogyny), but also this weird gamification of mundane social tactics your parents already told you about (wash your face, wear a decent shirt, get some exercise).
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