What is STARVE-MAXXING?
Starve-maxxing is the optimization suffix attached to dangerous restriction. In looksmaxxing spaces it is used for pursuing hollow cheeks, a sharper jaw or a thinner body through not eating enough. Mainstream commentary also uses it to show how maxxing language can rename self-harm as a method. This is a documentation-only record.
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The AtlanticPeople Are Thinking About Looksmaxxing All Wrong
Uses starve-maxxing as an example of internet language reframing anorexia and harm as optimization.
Urban DictionaryStarvemaxxingVernacular definition linking starvation to lower body fat, hollow cheeks and jawline goals in looksmaxxing culture.