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bonesmashing

bonesmashing is the alternative spelling of bone smashing.

Meaning of bone smashing

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

Questions about bonesmashing

What is bonesmashing the alternative spelling of?
Bonesmashing is the alternative spelling of bone smashing.

Words near bonesmashing in the dictionary

  1. bonesetting
  2. boneshaker
  3. boneshakers
  4. boneshaking
  5. Bonesman
  6. bonesmashing
  7. Bonesmen
  8. bonespo
  9. Bonespurs
  10. Bonesteel
  11. Bonesteels

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