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Min-maxxing, looksmaxxing, and Nixon-maxxing, with Roger Kreuz

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing by Mignon Fogarty, Inc.

Sep 17, 202617:24Education

1221. This week, we talk to Roger Kreuz, associate dean at the University of Memphis, about the "maxxing" craze. We look at how it started with min-maxxing in 1990s gaming culture, how looksmaxxing spread from the manosp...

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