Bigonial Width
the distance between your jaw angles, and why looksmaxxing forums won't shut up about it
Grounded in the research on Anthropometry / craniofacial measurement (Wikipedia: Cephalometry); looksmaxxing community usage
[ ] what bigonial width actually is
It's the straight-line distance between your two gonions, the bony corners where your lower jaw angles up toward your ears. Wide bigonial width reads as a square, blocky jaw; narrow reads as a tapered, oval face. That's it. It's one craniofacial measurement, not a personality, not a destiny. Looksmaxxing forums treat it like a final boss stat. It's a ruler reading.
[ ] where the number comes from
This isn't a TikTok coinage. Bigonion (the gonion-to-gonion distance) is real anthropometry, formalized in craniofacial atlases like Leslie Farkas's 1994 measurement standards used by surgeons and orthodontists. The science is legit for clinical work. What's NOT validated is the forum claim that one millimeter of jaw width decides your social life. That leap from a calipers reading to your worth is pure internet.