statusmaxx
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[edit]statusmaxx (third-person singular simple present statusmaxxes, present participle statusmaxxing, simple past and past participle statusmaxxed)
- (incel slang) To improve one's sexual market value by making money and increasing one's social status.
- 2019, Brooke Collins, International Public Policy Review, volume 13, number 1, page 15, column 2:
- They are encouraged in their culture to "looksmax" or "statusmax"; either, improve their attractiveness or make more money to attract women (Tolentino 2018).
- [2020 September 24, Simon Cottee, “Incel (E)motives: Resentment, Shame and Revenge”, in Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, volume 44, number 2, Taylor & Francis, , →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6:
- The following expressions recur with particular frequency: "Looksmaxing" (the business of personal self-improvement and cosmetic surgery); "NEET" ("Not in education, employment, or training"); "LDAR" ("Lay Down and Rot"); "AWALT" ("All Women Are Like That"); "Roped" (to have committed suicide) "Statusmaxx" (to make more money); "Manlet" (a short incel); "Volcel" (voluntary celibate); "Marcels" (married incels); and "Fakecels" (those who falsely claim to be an incel).]
- 2021 August 18, “Inside incel forums: what happens in the darkest corners of the internet?”, in Cosmopolitan[1], New York, N.Y.: Hearst Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-06-20:
- To succeed in the dating game, other incels advise them to "looksmaxx" or "statusmaxx" – telling them how to improve their appearance or make money.