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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

maxxing

Taxing, faxing, relaxing; why do people put the extra X in there? indolence?

[–] StillAlive@piefed.world 18 points 1 week ago

Bro's out-of-the-loopmaxxing

[–] MunkyNutts@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

You always go one extra when going hard.

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

why do people put the extra X in there? indolence?

My best guess is it's become a sort of linguistic meme, poking fun at incels who'd ramble on about things like "looks-maxxing".

Or maybe it's a combo of that and "min-maxing" from gaming communities. The extra X makes it more maximum. LOL

Taxing, faxing, relaxing...

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