aura / to have an aura

‘a set of positive qualities that influence a person’s good judgment’

The meaning refers to the concept of aura in esotericism and parapsychology, where it is associated with the phenomenon of intangible colors and shapes surrounding people and objects. From a scientific point of view, it is an energy field emitted by the human body.

In the Polish youth speak, it is used to determine the “degree” of positivity of a person, such as having an aura or not having an aura. Aura can also be gained like points. For example, we can say “Aura + 12847” or “Aura – 2847”. Aura is related to the idea of raising the feeling of satisfaction with oneself or lowering it. “Gaining an aura is connected with avoiding some embarrassment and being satisfied with oneself”. The loss of one’s aura is associated with depreciation and lowering of (one’s) self-worth by, e.g. some unfortunate events: a stumble, a stutter, or a mistake. Aura points are a viral trend on TikTok with about 150 million posts: https://www.tiktok.com/@getneonsupply/video/7372202822462410027

Examples of usage:

1. +1000 aura if you have brought something other than a backpack🗿/ https://www.tiktok.com/@slowak_chorzow/video/7381545060858350881
2. if you get an aura, you have avoided some embarrassment, you are pleased with yourself/Heard/.
3. look, this guy has an unzipped backpack. Minus ten thousand to the aura /Heard/.
4. I see that a lot of people do not know what it is about so I will explain: -x aura is said when we do something embarrassing e.g. we stumble in front of people or wave to the person who has greeted someone else / https://www.tiktok.com/@interwebi/video/7379474262731672865?q=aura%20j%C4%99zyk%20polski&t=1719811943798
5. me when someone said “-1000 to the aura” and I don’t know what it is about and I am feeling old for the first time /https://www.tiktok.com/@interwebi/video/7379474262731672865?q=aura%20j%C4%99zyk%20polski&t=1719811943798.

[The quotations have been translated from the Polish language]