Aura slang glossary: aura, rizz, sigma, mewing, mogging, 6-7, NPC and more
Every word you need to follow an aura battle, with a one-line meaning and the origin: aura, aura points, aura farming, aura check, rizz, sigma, mewing, mogging, looksmaxxing, 6-7, NPC, cooked, glazing.
A working dictionary for the aura battle era. Meanings first, origins second.
The aura family
- Aura: charisma, presence, effortless coolness. From football Twitter praising Virgil van Dijk around 2022. Germany's Youth Word of the Year 2024.
- Aura points: an imaginary score for a moment, always in the hundreds or thousands. TikTok, May 2024. Explained.
- Aura farming: doing things to look cool without appearing to try. TikTok, January 2024; global with the boat kid in 2025. Shortlisted for Word of the Year 2025 by Oxford, Collins and Dictionary.com. Explained.
- Aura check: a moment that tests whether someone's composure is real.
- Aura off / aura battle: two people comparing aura, online in edits or in person in front of a crowd. Explained.
- Negative aura: someone who keeps losing points.
- Unfathomable aura: the highest praise. Origin undocumented; it just appeared in comments.
- Aura infinita: the prize at Argentine street battles. Also the Brazilian trophy.
- Aura farmer: a compliment or a mockery depending on tone. "Aura farming detected" is usually the mockery.
- Clip farming: the ugly cousin: doing provocative things for views. Not aura.
The adjacent archetypes
- Rizz: charisma aimed at attracting someone. Oxford's 2023 Word of the Year. Aura is the score; rizz is a different stat.
- Sigma: the lone-wolf male archetype, composed and silent. The sigma stare and the Patrick Bateman "sigma face" are battle moves.
- NPC: a non-player character. Someone with no aura, a background extra.
- Level 1 / pawn / crook: someone you shouldn't waste aura on. From "the most aura I've used on a level 1".
- Main character: the opposite of an NPC.
The looksmaxxing words
- Mewing: jaw forward, tongue to the palate; as a gesture, finger along the jaw then shh. Explained.
- Mogging: looking more attractive or dominant than those around you. As a move: loom.
- Looksmaxxing: the whole project of optimising appearance. Known by 40% of British men aged 18–34 in a 2026 survey.
The hallway words
- 6-7 / six seven: a chant and hand gesture from Skrilla's "Doot Doot (6 7)". Means nothing. Dictionary.com's 2025 Word of the Year. Explained.
- Skibidi, gyatt, brainrot: the wider Gen Alpha lexicon. "Brain rot" was Oxford's 2024 Word of the Year.
- Cooked: finished, defeated. "He's cooked" after losing a battle.
- Let him cook: the opposite: he's doing something good, don't interrupt. Also a move.
- Glazing: praising someone excessively. A battle crowd that glazes one fighter is a problem for the other.
- Locked in: fully focused. What a fighter is during a stare.
- Valid: approved. The most Gen Z way to say "well done".
- It's over: the loss screen.
The moves
For the vocabulary of gestures and poses, see every aura farming move. Then try them in a live aura battle.
FAQ
What does aura mean in slang?
Charisma or presence that seems effortless. "He has aura" means he commands the room without trying.
What's the difference between aura and rizz?
Rizz is charm directed at a person, usually romantic. Aura is general presence. You can have aura and no rizz.
What does NPC mean as an insult?
Someone with no personality or presence, like a background character in a video game.
What does cooked mean?
Defeated, done, finished. Usually said about someone who just lost badly.
keep reading
Aura farming means doing something to look cool, stylish or impressive, ideally without seeming to try. Here's the definition, the timeline from TikTok to the dictionary shortlists, and real examples.
How the aura points meme works, where it started in May 2024, why the numbers are always huge, and a list of things that gain or lose aura points.
6-7 ("six seven") is a hand gesture and catchphrase from Skrilla's "Doot Doot (6 7)" that became Dictionary.com's 2025 Word of the Year and a standard move in aura battles. Here's what it means.
Mewing started as a jaw-posture technique and became a meme gesture: jaw forward, tongue to the palate, finger along the jawline, shh. Here's how it became a scored move in aura battles.