'Maxxing' named Dictionary.com's word of the year

Dictionary.com has chosen 'maxxing' as its word of the year, reflecting a culture where every part of life is optimised, from 'sleepmaxxing' to 'personalitymaxxing'. The idea is not new: gamers have long 'min-maxed' character stats and the term appeared in 1940s game theory. Experts expect the suffix to stick around.