Gen AlphaLooks & Status

Looksmaxxing

Maximising your physical attractiveness.

What it actually means

Optimising your appearance through grooming, fitness, skincare or more extreme measures. Mild forms are ordinary teenage self-care; the deeper end of this online community is harshly judgemental about appearance.

Worth knowing

Usually harmless. Worth a closer look if it's paired with real distress about appearance.

In the wild

new skincare routine, looksmaxxing arc

I'm putting effort into how I look.

While you're here

Aura
Your cool points. Gained and lost in real time.
Aura farming
Deliberately doing things to look cool.
Cheugy
Trying to be trendy, but a few years late.
Chopped
Unattractive or badly done.

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