looksmaxx
/ˈlʊksmæks/
looksmaxx verb: to enhance one's physical appearance to increase one's sexual market value.
Verb
looksmaxx (third-person singular simple present looksmaxxes, present participle looksmaxxing, simple past and past participle looksmaxxed)
- To enhance one's physical appearance to increase one's sexual market value.
- Incel culture advises men to “looksmaxx” or “statusmaxx”—to improve their appearance, to make more money—in a way that presumes that women are not potential partners or worthy objects of possible affection but inconveniently sentient bodies that must be claimed through cold strategy.2018 May 15, Jia Tolentino, “The Rage of the Incels”, in The New Yorker, archived from the original on 29 Aug 2018
- Some attempt to “looksmaxx” with money by finding methods of increasing their sexual market value like getting plastic surgery.2020, Annie Jones, “Incels and the Manosphere: Tracking Men's Movements Online”, in University of Central Florida, archived from the original on 09 Dec 2022, page 48
Forms of looksmaxx
| third-person singular present | looksmaxxes |
|---|---|
| present participle | looksmaxxing |
| past participle | looksmaxxed |
| past | looksmaxxed |
| alternative form | looksmax |
Origin of looksmaxx
From looks + -maxx.
Words formed from looksmaxx
Questions about looksmaxx
- What does looksmaxx mean?
- Looksmaxx means to enhance one's physical appearance to increase one's sexual market value.
- What part of speech is looksmaxx?
- Looksmaxx is a verb.
- How do you pronounce looksmaxx?
- Looksmaxx is pronounced /ˈlʊksmæks/.
- What is the past tense of looksmaxx?
- The past tense of looksmaxx is looksmaxxed.
Words near looksmaxx in the dictionary
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