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bone smashing

bone smashing noun: the act or practice of hitting one's face against a blunt object (e.g. a hammer or bottle) with the goal of improving one's facial appearance.

Noun

bone smashing (uncountable)

  1. (incel slang) The act or practice of hitting one's face against a blunt object (e.g. a hammer or bottle) with the goal of improving one's facial appearance.
    • Shami says older adults don’t get looksmaxxing. There has been much hand-wringing in the media over “bone smashing”, for example, an extreme technique that involves taking a hammer to your face to promote more “manly” regrowth when the bones repair, but little evidence that anyone is actually doing...2024 February 15, Simon Usborne, “From bone smashing to chin extensions: how ‘looksmaxxing’ is reshaping young men’s faces”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 23 Aug 2024

Forms of bone smashing

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Questions about bone smashing

What does bone smashing mean?
Bone smashing means the act or practice of hitting one's face against a blunt object (e.g. a hammer or bottle) with the goal of improving one's facial appearance.
What part of speech is bone smashing?
Bone smashing is a noun.

Words near bone smashing in the dictionary

  1. bone ridges
  2. bone scan
  3. bone scans
  4. bone seeker
  5. bone seekers
  6. bone smashing
  7. bone spavin
  8. bone spavins
  9. bone spur
  10. bone spurs
  11. bone structure

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