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.
“The buzzards have been mewing for a while, but still waiting for the swallows and swifts.”
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 mewing kingfisher or Mangaia kingfisher (Todiramphus ruficollaris), known locally as the tanga'eo, is a species of bird in the Alcedinidae, or kingfisher family.
“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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