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[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (8 children)

observemax?

I'm starting to think creating new words is not just regular slang, it's Americans not actually knowing there are already English words they can use

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)

lookie here, found ourselves an anti-maxxer

[–] Siethron@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He's maxing the antimax an antimaxmaxing if you will

[–] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

maybe I just don't like anything that gets close to Incels

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/-maxxing?wprov=sfla1

[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

He just correctmaxing you all so hard, your cortizols are spiking

[–] BetaBlake@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

I like how you assume everything you do t like is somehow American. Sounds like someone's got a case of the Americancentrismmaxxing.

Get out of here with your big fancy words and book learnin! Gon git!

[–] numerator3962@fedinsfw.app 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Just wait until they stumble upon “OfficeMax”

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

I'm just officemaxmaxxing

[–] etherphon@piefed.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Kind of funny, since "to the max" is very 80s slang, now they just decided to tack it on every word sometimes adding one or more x's. IDK. It's fine that it's slang but I keep seeing it in headlines and shit, no bueno. Anyways, as an aside, I think we've done farrrrr too much fucking maxxing already, it's time to go the other way.

[–] NotEasyBeingGreen@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 day ago

Anyways, as an aside, I think we've done farrrrr too much fucking maxxing already, it's time to go the other way.

So... minmaxxing?

[–] charokol@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago
[–] N0t_5ure@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I'm so stealing this word. I recently got into swing dancing, and am trying to improve by doing a lot of social dancing. Follows (usually women) tend to outnumber leads (usually men), so as lead I'm usually in high demand, and often can't even get off the dance floor without being grabbed for the next dance. So I love it when the men outnumber the women, because I can sit back and watch others, which helps me improve and gives me ideas about things like how to string different moves together in new ways. So when the dance floor has enough leads, I can sit back, eat a carne asad burrito, and observemax.

[–] NotEasyBeingGreen@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 day ago

I'm at a school where everyone leads and everyone dances. It's really good for everyone!

[–] fascicle@leminal.space 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Now I'm think of an al-Assad burrito

[–] N0t_5ure@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Lol. Stupid typo.