Mewing: A facial exercise meant to strengthen the jawline. Mirror sex : Using a mirror to watch yourself have sex. Mog: To be more attractive than someone, usually in an intentional or aggressive way.

The teen version of “mewing” is a “hush” symbol and touching the jawline to mean, “I can’t talk.” Lindsay tells TODAY.com that “sigma” is a classroom trend.

Lindsay said “sigma” is from the same culture as mewing and looksmaxing, trends — according to the New York Times — that claim to help teens look better.

Mewing: why London schoolboys as young as nine are obsessed with this incel facial expression. ... “I asked a pupil how they were doing once and they said ‘I’m feeling sigma. ...

Millennial mom struggles to translate Gen Alpha kid’s slang — here’s what ‘Ohio’, ‘Sigma’ and ‘mewing’ mean By . Brooke Kato. Published June 19, 2024, 4:43 p.m. ET.