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‘Maxxing’ selected as Dictionary.com word of the year
Americans have gone all in on "maxxing", making it the 2026 Word of the Year for Dictionary.com. Short for maximising, the term "can be used on its own or added to the end of any word to convey you're doing something to the fullest or optimizing it a…
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Americans have gone all in on "maxxing", making it the 2026 Word of the Year for Dictionary.com. "It's a fun, harmless way that kids are expressing themselves and sharing different goals that they have," she says. While she and her secondary-school aged students are still "maxxing" too, they are now using it "almost ironically", she says.
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