starvemaxx

English

Etymology

From starve +‎ -maxx.

Verb

starvemaxx (third-person singular simple present starvemaxxes, present participle starvemaxxing, simple past and past participle starvemaxxed)

  1. (incel slang) To engage in a fast to enhance one's looks.
    • 2023 November 6, Joseph Bernstein, “Young Men Seek Answers to an Age-Old Question: How to Be Hot”, in The New York Times‎[1], archived from the original on 4 January 2024:
      A September video from the TikTok user syrianpsycho, who promotes softmaxxing to his 1.2 million followers, bemoans the experience of going to restaurant while “mewing” (a technique that involves placing the tongue on the roof of the mouth, which Looksmaxxers believe makes the jaw grow squarer and stronger) and “starvemaxxing” (the Looksmaxxers’ term for extreme fasting).
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