Looksmaxxerとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈlʊksˌmæksə(ɹ)/

名詞

looksmaxxer (plural looksmaxxers)

1. (Internet slang, originally incel slang) A person who looksmaxxes.
   • 2023 November 6, Joseph Bernstein, “Young Men Seek Answers to an Age-Old Question: How to Be Hot”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 4 January 2024:

     Many of Mr. Latham’s followers are so-called Looksmaxxers, part of a booming digital community of young men seeking to enhance their physical attractiveness. Its suffix comes from the world of role-playing games, in which to “max” means to fully develop a single character trait, like strength or wisdom. […] And a frequently alluded-to technique called “bonesmashing,” in which a Looksmaxxer breaks his own jaw or cheek bones in order to make them grow back stronger, is regarded by many Looksmaxxers as a joke.

   • 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 August 2024:

     Promoted by looksmaxxers as a face hack, mewing has gone mainstream, with more than 1bn mentions on TikTok.

   • 2024 March 26, Riley Farrell, “Inside looksmaxxing, the extreme cosmetic social media trend”, in BBC‎, archived from the original on 23 April 2024:

     Looksmaxxing attaches "scores" to aspects of male appearance, focusing particularly on jawline, muscularity and skin. Looksmaxxers aim to increase their scores via "softmaxxing" (such as using a gua sha, burning more calories than consumed, or moisturising) and "hardmaxxing" (such as steroid use, hair transplants, or cosmetic surgery).

   • 2025 August 13, Kieran Press-Reynolds, “Hasan Piker Thinks America Might Be Cooked”, in GQ‎, archived from the original on 15 August 2025:

     An army of girls and gays—not to mention admiring looksmaxxers—would kill to be where I am now, next to Piker, as he pants in a pair of neon shorts with black Calvin Klein boxers poking out and sunlight glinting off the sweat beaded on his chest hairs.