aura farming
The act of cultivating an appearance or aesthetic of effortless, nonchalant charismaThe act of cultivating an appearance or aesthetic of effortless, nonchalant charisma.
Meaning
1 senses(especially, slang, uncountable)The act of cultivating an appearance or aesthetic of effortless, nonchalant charisma.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
A combination of the slang terms aura (“person's unique charismatic aesthetic”) + farmingA combination of the slang terms aura (“person's unique charismatic aesthetic”) + farming (“repetitive behavior to procure a desired outcome”). The term originates in early 2024, (around the time the slang sense of aura became popular), but was further popularized in mid-2025 after a video of Indonesian boy Rayyan Arkan Dikha dancing on a boat went viral on TikTok.
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Word family
2 related wordsRelatedaura farmer
Derivedaura farm
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable