aura
Also used as slang
View on the slang dictionary page →The vibe or energy someone gives off, quantified in imaginary "aura points." Cool moments add aura ("hit a three with eyes closed — +1000 aura"), embarrassing ones cost it ("tripped on flat ground — −500"). A joking metric for real-time coolness that Gen Z treats half-seriously.
"Tripping in front of your crush? That's a -500 aura moment minimum."
aura means The vibe or energy someone gives off, quantified in imaginary "aura points." Cool moments add aura ("hit a three with eyes closed — +1000 aura"), embarrassing ones cost it ("tri…. It's mostly used on TikTok and short-form video. It's casual and generally safe with friends and online. It's standard online vocabulary; nothing inherently concerning about hearing it.
"aura" is slang. It means: The vibe or energy someone gives off, quantified in imaginary "aura points." Cool moments add aura ("hit a three with eyes closed — +1000 aura"), embarrassing ones cost it ("tri…. Register: casual. Use it in: casual conversation and online posts. Avoid in: formal writing and professional emails. A more formal way to say this is "personal presence".
“Most of the subsequent New Age writers based their representations of the aura on Hill's interpretation of Leadbeater's ideas.[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aura_(paranormal)#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHammer2001188-18) Chakras became a part of mainstream esoteric speculations in the 1980s and 1990s.”
“An epileptic aura is a form of minor [seizure](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seizure "Seizure").[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aura_(symptom)#cite_note-1) Epileptic and migraine auras are due to the involvement of specific areas of the brain, which are those that determine the symptoms of the aura.”
“Nonnus describes Aura as a tall nymph as fast as the wind, and a "manlike" virgin who knew nothing of [Aphrodite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphrodite "Aphrodite").”
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Aura calculations have their own informal rules — the amount varies by audience size (public = more), audience importance (crush = 10×), and how hard you tried to act cool. Trying too hard is automatic deduction.
"Tried to look cool walking past my crush. Tripped. -5000 aura, minimum."
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