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Etymology

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From jaw +‎ -maxx.

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Verb

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jawmaxx (third-person singular simple present jawmaxxes, present participle jawmaxxing, simple past and past participle jawmaxxed)

  1. (incel slang, rare) To enhance one's jawline.
    • 2024 July 19, Kevin Roose and Casey Newton, “Social Media Reacts to an Attempted Assassination; Tech Elites for Trump; and TikTok’s Jawmaxxing Trend”, in The New York Times[1]:
      And finally, we talk to The Times’s Styles reporter Callie Holtermann about facial fitness gum, a “jawmaxxing” product targeted at teen boys online.