bone smashing

noun

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.

Meanings

nounbone smashing (uncountable)

alternative bonesmashing

  1. uncountableincel slangThe 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.
    1 more example

    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 it.

    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
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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bone smashing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bone%20smashing.

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