"looksmaxx" meaning in All languages combined

See looksmaxx on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: looksmaxxes [present, singular, third-person], looksmaxxing [participle, present], looksmaxxed [participle, past], looksmaxxed [past]
Etymology: From looks + -maxx. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|looks|-maxx}} looks + -maxx Head templates: {{en-verb}} looksmaxx (third-person singular simple present looksmaxxes, present participle looksmaxxing, simple past and past participle looksmaxxed)
  1. (transitive, intransitive, incel slang) To seek to enhance one's physical appearance to increase one's sexual market value. Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Incel community Synonyms: looksmax Hyponyms: chadmaxx, gymcel, surgerymaxx Derived forms: -maxx

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          "ref": "2020, Angus Charles Lindsay, \"Swallowing the Black Pill: A Qualitative Exploration of Incel Antifeminism within Digital Society\", thesis submitted to Victoria University of Wellington, page 79",
          "text": "This can be achieved through one of two ways: by ‘looksmaxxing’ or improving one’s physical characteristics in order to become more attractive (Chapter Four) or through the ‘just be white’ (JBW) theory."
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