Internet Coined 2026
hopemaxxing
What does hopemaxxing mean?
Deliberately choosing optimism — Gen Z's self-aware, often ironic take on staying hopeful in a doomscrolling-heavy internet culture.
"Everyone's so doom-and-gloom online lately, I'm just hopemaxxing instead."
Origin
Coined as a rebrand of what commentators have called "Millennial optimism" for a Gen Z audience — using the "-maxxing" suffix to make sincerity feel less earnest and more self-aware.
Example Sentences
Real-world examples showing hopemaxxing in context, drawn from published sources. Any opinions expressed are those of the original source and do not reflect the views of FreeDict.com.
You could say they’re “hopemaxxing”—intentionally leaning into small moments of gratitude and joy wherever they can find them.
From
YPulse · May 12, 2026
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