The imaginary score tallying how cool your actions are.
TikTokers count the aura points earned when they do something cool; players of games like Elden Ring farm aura by performing spectacular game play moves, or standing against a backdrop of cool scenery and wearing all…
Photograph: China News Service/Getty Images [View image in fullscreen](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/article/2024/jul/22/aura-points-tiktok-ethics-rizz#img-1) Aura points might seem like a new TikTok phenom…
The imaginary score tallying how cool your actions are. Winning a game with a trick shot? +500. Tripping in public? -1000. The currency of ironic online coolness.
"Remembered my friend's birthday two weeks early. +200 aura points."
aura points means The imaginary score tallying how cool your actions are. 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.
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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.
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.
Twitch-style chat reaction crediting someone with overwhelming presence or vibe.
An aura fail is any moment, action, or behavior that dramatically deflates someone's perceived mystique — the anti-aura event that knocks you off the pedestal in real time. While aura is built slowly through consistency and restraint, an aura fail can unravel it in seconds: saying too much, getting visibly flustered, oversharing, or doing something embarrassingly uncool in public. The term is used both as a verdict and as a warning, and it carries a particular sting because aura is supposed to be effortless — failing at effortlessness is doubly humiliating.
aura points means The imaginary score tallying how cool your actions are. 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 points" is slang. It means: The imaginary score tallying how cool your actions are. Register: casual. Use it in: casual conversation and online posts. Avoid in: formal writing and professional emails.
“TikTokers count the aura points earned when they do something cool; players of games like Elden Ring farm aura by performing spectacular game play moves, or standing against a backdrop of cool scenery and wearing all their their cool gear – to share with viewers on a stream, or social media followers, or just for their own satisfaction.”
“Photograph: China News Service/Getty Images [View image in fullscreen](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/article/2024/jul/22/aura-points-tiktok-ethics-rizz#img-1) Aura points might seem like a new TikTok phenomenon, but some philosophers say elements of the trend come from ancient history.”
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