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hardmaxx

hardmaxx verb: to act to improve one's physical appearance using body modifications or other extreme methods; to engage in extreme looksmaxxing.

Verb

hardmaxx (third-person singular simple present hardmaxxes, present participle hardmaxxing, simple past and past participle hardmaxxed)

  1. (intransitive, transitive, incel slang) To act to improve one's physical appearance using body modifications or other extreme methods; to engage in extreme looksmaxxing.
    • Looksmaxxing attaches "scores" to aspects of male appearance, focusing particularly on jawline, muscularity and skin. Looksmaxxers aim to increase their scores via "softmaxxing" (such as using a gua sha, burning more calories than consumed, or moisturising) and "hardmaxxing" (such as steroid use...2024 March 26, Riley Farrell, “Inside looksmaxxing, the extreme cosmetic social media trend”, in BBC, archived from the original on 23 Apr 2024

Forms of hardmaxx

third-person singular presenthardmaxxes
present participlehardmaxxing
past participlehardmaxxed
pasthardmaxxed

Origin of hardmaxx

From hard + -maxx.

Questions about hardmaxx

What does hardmaxx mean?
Hardmaxx means to act to improve one's physical appearance using body modifications or other extreme methods; to engage in extreme looksmaxxing.
What part of speech is hardmaxx?
Hardmaxx is a verb.
What is the past tense of hardmaxx?
The past tense of hardmaxx is hardmaxxed.

Words near hardmaxx in the dictionary

  1. hardlooking
  2. hardluck
  3. hardly
  4. hardman
  5. Hardmans
  6. hardmaxx
  7. hardmaxxed
  8. hardmaxxes
  9. hardmaxxing
  10. hardmen
  11. hardmode

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