Meaning of -maxx | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Forms verb denoting an enhancement or improvement, with the goal of "maximizing" one's attractiveness, appeal, or sexual market value.
   morpheme
2. Forms verbs for a wide range of effects unrelated to romance.
   Internet, broadly, ironic, morpheme

Examples

“looks + -maxx → looksmaxx”

“surgery + -maxx → surgerymaxx”

“trans + -maxx → transmaxx”

“rope (“to commit suicide”) + -maxx → ropemaxx”

“hope (“to be filled with hope”) + -maxx → hopemaxx”

“Made it with 5 minutes of my scheduled lunch to spare. Napmaxxed”

“Soupmaxx immediately. If you fear veggies, soups are a great way to extract the beneficial nutrients safely.”

“hard work with long hours and serious legal liabilities tied to your performance - or some brunchmaxxing tech job. what would you choose?”

“Never leaving my bed again im sleepmaxxing”

“languagemaxxing by learning french through german (not fun)”

“People post pictures of Dave Brubeck albums and joke about jazzmaxxing their record collections. They beachmaxx on vacations and cozymaxx under voluminous blankets. Bears prepare for hibernation by salmonmaxxing. There's a minor meme about a lifestyle of espresso and wine and impossibly long lunches — Europemaxxing. […] The types that started using “-maxxing” in earnest often did so with such hectoring self-seriousness that it was impossible not to parody.”

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