"looksmaxxer" meaning in English

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          "text": "Many of Mr. Latham’s followers are so-called Looksmaxxers, part of a booming digital community of young men seeking to enhance their physical attractiveness. Its suffix comes from the world of role-playing games, in which to “max” means to fully develop a single character trait, like strength or wisdom.",
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          "ref": "2024 March 26, “Inside looksmaxxing, the extreme cosmetic social media trend”, in BBC:",
          "text": "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, hair transplants, or cosmetic surgery).",
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          "text": "An army of girls and gays—not to mention admiring looksmaxxers—would kill to be where I am now, next to Piker, as he pants in a pair of neon shorts with black Calvin Klein boxers poking out and sunlight glinting off the sweat beaded on his chest hairs.",
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