Meanings
nounlooksmaxxing (uncountable)
- uncountablechiefly incel slangThe practice of enhancing one's physical appearance to increase one's sexual market value.
Clavicular is the poster child—though by no means the most extreme representative—of the looksmaxxing movement, the latest permutation of an ideology developed by too online misogynist misanthropes in the twenty-tens.
2026 March 7, Becca Rothfeld, “The Captivating Derangement of the Looksmaxxing Movement”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Aug 2026
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentchiefly incel slangpresent participle and gerund of looksmaxx
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