We Regret to Inform You That ‘Maxxing’ Is Dictionary.com’s 2026 Word of the Year
THE SO WHAT
“Maxxing” and “data center” landing in the top word list is cultural confirmation that compute arms races and optimization culture have gone mainstream. Expect more non-technical stakeholders to have opinions about capex, GPUs, and “AI maxxing” your org—channel that energy into concrete capacity and governance decisions.
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