Meanings
plural looksmatches
- incel slangA person of equal ranking to another on a scale of physical attractiveness.
Overwhelmingly incels (and men in general) want to date someone they consider to be their "looksmatch."
2019, “Dr. Castle”, in The Blackpill Theory: Why Incels Are Right & You Are Wrong, page 312 more examples
Body dysmorphia “was invented by old psychologists who grew up in the Fifties and had NO problem to find a looksmatch [someone who is your counterpart in terms of appearance] or even better-looking wife”, noted another.
2019 June 8, Alice Hines, “Men are having their faces rebuilt – and it’s all to get a date”, in The Times, UKHigh iq. If all those things happened giving us an equal playing field it would be like before feminism, and foids [women] wouldn't be as picky with men around their looksmatch, probably even willing to settle for less than their looksmatch since usually men make more money.
2020, Annie Jones, anonymous quotee, “Incels and the Manosphere: Tracking Men's Movements Online”, in University of Central Florida, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2021, page 57
Origin
- Proto-West Germanic*lōkōn
- Old Englishlōcian
- Middle Englishloken
- Englishlook
- Englishlooks
- Englishmatch
- Englishlooksmatch
Cite this entry
looksmatch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/looksmatch
“looksmatch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/looksmatch. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “looksmatch,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/looksmatch.
Source: looksmatch on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.