Dictionary.com announces 2026 Word of the Year
Oct 26, 2026, 11:42 AM | Updated: Oct 27, 2026, 10:18 am
Dictionary.com revealed its Word of the Year of 2026, and it is “maxxing.”
On their site, maxxing is defined as short for “maximizing.” This trendy 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 as much as possible.
The term maxxing has some of its earliest uses of the term back in 2015, and has grown over the last decade before taking off this year with terms like “looksmaxxing” and “tokenmaxxing” growing in use.
Some other words that made the short list this year included:
- Affordability
- Data Center
- Odyssey
- Unc
