Social networks have become the origin of expressions or trends that are now part of the daily lives of those who consume their content daily. On some occasions, these trends can be a new way of wearing a certain accessory or the increase in popularity of a certain recipe, as happened with what is known as Dubai chocolate.
However, they can also generate movements among the youngestleaving images as surprising as those of the therians, which went viral a few months ago, or those of ‘farming aura’ battles. This new concept has become popular among children and adolescents, who compete not with blows, but by recreating popular videos or images on the Internet.
What does ‘farming aura’ mean?
To understand this phenomenon, it is necessary to understand What does the expression ‘farmear aura’ mean?which is the result of the union of two terms widely used in some Internet communities. The first, ‘farm’ It is a foreign word that adapts the English word ‘farming’ to Spanish. Its meaning is related to the field of video games and refers to collecting points or materials.
While, although the word aura already has its own meaning, social networks have popularized this term to refer to a person who has style and charisma. When young people affirm that such a person has an aura, they are telling him that he is an interesting and attractive person.
What do these battles consist of?
Overall, this expression is used by young people to refer to an action that increases the charisma or popularity of a person. And, to achieve this, they began to organize battles in which two people compete to demonstrate their level of style by using gestures or poses that refer to what is known as ‘memes’images or videos popularized on the Internet.
One of the most common gestures among young people who participate in these meetings is the one known as ‘six seven’, which It already generated surprise and curiosity during the last 2026 World Cup. This type of catchphrase, popularized on social networks, consists of pronouncing the numbers 6 and 7 in English while raising and lowering both hands with the palms facing up. However, does not have a defined meaning.
The score obtained by the participants depends on the public’s reactionmaking those who demonstrate a more confident attitude and a greater repertoire of memes emerge victorious, managing to farm a greater amount of aura. However, those who create an awkward moment or demonstrate more unsafe behavior are the losers of the battle.
An increasingly popular and international trend
Both the origin of this expression and the gatherings of young people around it have been social networks, specifically Instagram and TikTok. In them, children and adolescents upload videos of the battles and feed on the different memes that are most popular at that moment, leaving baffled those who do not know the meaning behind these hangouts.
This phenomenon began to become popular in Latin American countries such as Mexico, Argentina or Brazil, but it quickly spread to other nations, including Spain. This demonstrates the capacity of social networks to generate social movements, this time, in relation to a young population that has encountered in these curious battles a way of relating to others.