Aura

rhymes with Dora (as in Dora the Explorer)

Aura

someone’s unspoken charisma

In Use

Jeremy (Age 11)

“There’s a group of fifth graders aura farming out by the lockers. They’re just like standing there doing absolutely nothing. They’re all leaning against the lockers with one foot against the lockers like they’re bullies from the 1950s. Like, go to class? Negative aura. I can’t get over it.”

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Disclaimer: If you were not born in this century, please do not try to incorporate this slang naturally in day-to-day use. In attempts to connect to the younger generations, you will appear beg and unc (stay tuned, we'll unpack those terms).

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