softmaxx

Definitions

To act to improve one's physical appearance using a body care routine or other simple method; to engage in light looksmaxxing.

intransitive, transitive

Examples

“A September video from the TikTok user syrianpsycho, who promotes softmaxxing to his 1.2 million followers, bemoans the experience⟳ of going to restaurant while “mewing” (a technique that involves placing the tongue on the roof of the mouth, which Looksmaxxers believe⟳ makes the jaw grow⟳ squarer and stronger) and “starvemaxxing” (the Looksmaxxers’ term for extreme fasting).”

“It begins with “softmaxxing”. This includes basic hygiene such as teeth brushing and whitening, removal of face⟳ and body hair, and “mewing” (tongue exercises that supposedly help⟳ tone facial muscles).”

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