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From looksmaxxing to tokenmaxxing, the internet has found endless ways to max out everyday life, and now the trend has earned Dictionary.com's top linguistic honor.

Rachit Agarwal / Digital Trends

Scroll through any app for five minutes, and you’ll find someone maxxing something. Their skin, their sleep, their protein intake, even their Friday night on the couch. That little suffix has been everywhere this year, and now it has a trophy to show for it. In a recent announcement, Dictionary.com named maxxing its 2026 Word of the Year.

What are people actually doing when they’re maxxing?

In Dictionary.com’s words, it’s about going all in on something and trying to make it the best it can be. The word usually gets stuck onto something else to show the goal. Looksmaxxing is all about appearance. Tokenmaxxing is when workers lean on AI tools as much as possible.

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