[Ads-l] vagmaxxing, sexspan, hotspan

Nancy Friedman 00001b7f50001087-dmarc-request at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Tue Sep 22 14:52:12 UTC 2026


https://www.allure.com/story/vagina-aging-menopause-longevity
"But this is not only about 'anti-aging' for the vagina. It’s about
vagmaxxing. About the vagina that never dies." -- Valerie Monroe

The longer-form "vagina-maxxing" (one of many, many recent maxxings) is a
bit older. *Vice *reported on it in May:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/vagina-maxxing-products-are-going-viral-and-doctors-are-begging-people-to-stop/

I wrote about some -maxxing compounds (but not vag-) in July:
https://fritinancy.substack.com/p/maxxed-to-the-max

"Sexspan" may be the coinage of urologist Mohit Khera:
https://www.urologytimes.com/view/mohit-khera-md-mba-mph-on-prolonging-sexspan-


I wrote about "sickspan" and "healthspan" earlier this year:
https://fritinancy.substack.com/p/word-of-the-week-sickspan?utm_source=publication-search


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