Are you ‘looksmaxxing’ or ‘fibermaxxing’? See Dictionary.com’s Word of the Year.

Every year Dictionary.com chooses its Word of the Year, and the word that captured the spirit of 2026 is maxxing.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/10/26/dictionary-word-of-the-year-2026-maxxing/92362160007/

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