Pressing the tongue against the roof of the mouth, allegedly to sharpen the jawline.
The buzzards have been mewing for a while, but still waiting for the swallows and swifts.
I usually try to explain it like this: picture Beyoncé as JD Vance. Now imagine they're Québecois. Doesn't look so much like the Emu War was caused by sadbois mewing now, does it?
Pressing the tongue against the roof of the mouth, allegedly to sharpen the jawline. Became a meme after TikTokers mimed the "finger-to-lips" silence gesture to avoid answering questions.
mewing means Pressing the tongue against the roof of the mouth, allegedly to sharpen the jawline. 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 deliberate, hyper-focused state of maintaining perfect tongue-to-palate contact at all times — eating, sleeping, scrolling TikTok, enduring awkward family dinners. When someone is in mewing mode they become suspiciously quiet, jaw set, tongue pressed firm, radiating the silent intensity of someone who genuinely believes their face is being restructured in real time. Side effects include talking less, eating slower, and growing insufferable at the dinner table.
Describes someone who has fully bought into the mewing philosophy — not just the tongue posture, but the whole worldview that facial structure is malleable through disciplined habit and that conventional orthodontics is a scam. The mewing-pilled person references Dr. John Mew frequently, posts jaw progress comparisons religiously, and has probably tried to evangelize their technique to at least one confused friend. Deeply committed, sometimes evangelical, occasionally correct.
A title bestowed upon someone who has allegedly perfected the mewing technique — proper tongue posture held 24/7, jawline allegedly sculpted to godlike proportions. Online looksmaxxing communities crown the mewing king as the ultimate before/after transformation poster child. Whether the jaw gains are real or just lighting and angles, the mewing king holds court in comment sections and inspires a thousand reluctant tongue-to-palate disciples.
The mewing kingfisher or Mangaia kingfisher (Todiramphus ruficollaris), known locally as the tanga'eo, is a species of bird in the Alcedinidae, or kingfisher family.
mewing means Pressing the tongue against the roof of the mouth, allegedly to sharpen the jawline. 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.
"mewing" is slang. It means: Pressing the tongue against the roof of the mouth, allegedly to sharpen the jawline. Register: casual. Use it in: casual conversation and online posts. Avoid in: formal writing and professional emails.
“The buzzards have been mewing for a while, but still waiting for the swallows and swifts.”
“I usually try to explain it like this: picture Beyoncé as JD Vance. Now imagine they're Québecois. Doesn't look so much like the Emu War was caused by sadbois mewing now, does it?”
“The mewing kingfisher or Mangaia kingfisher (Todiramphus ruficollaris), known locally as the tanga'eo, is a species of bird in the Alcedinidae, or kingfisher family.”
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Separate from the jawline theory, "mewing" became a TikTok gesture — finger to lips, silent pause, jaw clench — used by teens to avoid answering a question. "I'm mewing" = I'm not talking right now.
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