The word means to optimize an activity, pursuit, or aspect of one's life, and internet searches for it have skyrocketed this ...

Dictionary.com defines the term as doing something to the fullest or optimizing it, and says Gen Z and Gen Alpha helped ...

Online lexicon continues its steady march into mainstream vernacular as 'maxxing' has officially been named Word of the Year ...

Whether it is improving physical appearance, building better habits or getting more out of artificial intelligence, the ...

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Dictionary chose as word of the year a term from internet slang that describes the desire to maximally optimize various areas ...

Dictionary.com chose maxxing as its 2026 word of the year, highlighting its rise from trends like looksmaxxing.

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MANILA, Philippines — Gen Z slang term "maxxing" is the Word of the Year for 2026, as selected by Dictionary.com.

Yesterday, Dictionary.com announced that the word of 2026 is "maxxing." As in, looksmaxxing , protein-maxxing, ...

The word of the year, per Dictionary.com, is maxxing. For the uninitiated, the word means “maximizing” or “increasing,” and it is the top word choice of 2026. Per Dictionary.com, “maxxing” was used ...