Internet Coined 2026
frictionmaxxing
What does frictionmaxxing mean?
Deliberately choosing the harder, less convenient option — cold showers, walking instead of driving, doing chores by hand — to build resilience and get out of your comfort zone.
"No rideshares this week, he said — pure frictionmaxxing, walking everywhere on purpose."
Origin
A 2026 variant reacting against convenience culture, positioning voluntary difficulty as its own kind of self-improvement.
Example Sentences
Real-world examples showing frictionmaxxing in context, drawn from published sources. Any opinions expressed are those of the original source and do not reflect the views of FreeDict.com.
A writer named Kathryn Jezer-Morton recently named the deliberate practice of building tolerance for the discomfort that technology has designed away “friction-maxxing.”
From
Fortune · Jun 23, 2026
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