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Strange face signal kids are making

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ranoutofquinoaandprosecco · 23/06/2024 08:51

Can anyone enlighten me as to the meaning of a signal my son and his mates are making it's a finger slide down the jawline and then the finger to their lips?

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ranoutofquinoaandprosecco · 23/06/2024 19:20

@Needmorelego love it!

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TableTabler · 23/06/2024 18:21

You just lost the game

Yea we did stupid shit

Needmorelego · 23/06/2024 16:58

@TimoteiChaletpants yeah I don't think in the world ot tweens/teens they quite see it that way.
They don't see it as a male/female thing.

TimoteiChaletpants · 23/06/2024 16:34

Sigma means the lone wolf. So doesn’t run with the alphas

the problem is that women can never be these things, they are inferior

Needmorelego · 23/06/2024 16:23

@TimoteiChaletpants I just asked my 16 year old.
The Alpha and Sigma thing is Alpha is "top" , Sigma "bottom" and Beta is "middle" - but it's not specifically a male thing. That might have been it's origin but it's "unisex" now apparently.
My 16 year old is a girl btw.
The fact I just asked her is "cringe".
I replied "bruh"
She said "ohmyfrigginggod"
Good conversation 😂

Theothername · 23/06/2024 16:01

Mine would get the long, dull explanation of the history of the psychological term alpha male, and its utter irrelevance to actual humans.

TimoteiChaletpants · 23/06/2024 15:51

This is rife in school at the moment. As said to do with Alpha & Sigma males and is used to signify you are dominant male. Misogyny

Lemonade2011 · 23/06/2024 15:44

It’s such a lot of nonsense I just ignore mine when they are coming up with this crap, 💩
the what the sigma is something to do with SpongeBob apparently but unless it’s offensive - they are doing it to adult/teacher/me then I keep out of it

CommeUneVacheEspagnole · 23/06/2024 15:40

My daughter does this and it's something to do with rizz which instagram told me was like romance. I don't think that's accurate tho.

It's all such bullshit but as long as she thinks she's cool 🤦🏾‍♀️

Needmorelego · 23/06/2024 11:48

@circular2478 "Rizz" is short for having charisma apparently.

circular2478 · 23/06/2024 11:02

Yep all the kids around me are doing it. To do with sigma and Rizz, but I can't really explain it.

Lairymary · 23/06/2024 09:55

Beryls · 23/06/2024 09:12

Definitely did! I remember it as putting your tongue behind your bottom lip, making a stipid noise and tickling your chin. Some lad in my class did it so often he got a rash on his chin. And then there was chinny reckon as well. What silly little buggers we were.

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We called this "belming". Ha ha WTF was that about?!

sanityisamyth · 23/06/2024 09:48

rc22 · 23/06/2024 09:09

My Year 2 class have recently been using "what the sigma?" as an expression of disbelief. I don't get it!

Better than "what the fuck?" I suppose!

Pascha · 23/06/2024 09:46

Tiktok is 100% a cesspit and my preteen is not allowed anywhere near it but unfortunately the same can't be said for a good handful of his yr6 and yr5 classmates and so this stuff is rife in the playground.

However, as others have pointed out, we probably did similar at that age pre-internet. Slang has always spread and kids like their own language.

20 years from now our grandchildren will be baffling their parents with the same nonsense, just different words.

gamerchick · 23/06/2024 09:41

Roll your eyes all you want. Doesn't make me wrong.

Odearr · 23/06/2024 09:40

gamerchick · 23/06/2024 09:05

Well it is dodgy in a way. It's saying I or my friends are allowed to watch as much tiktok as I want. The site is a cesspit.

My 10 year old does this and he doesn't have tiktok or a phone, nonsense trendsamongst kids have always spread

raspberryberet7 · 23/06/2024 09:33

gamerchick · 23/06/2024 09:05

Well it is dodgy in a way. It's saying I or my friends are allowed to watch as much tiktok as I want. The site is a cesspit.

🙄🙄🙄

Beryls · 23/06/2024 09:12

BiscuityBoyle · 23/06/2024 08:59

Oh heavens. Did we do dumb shit like this at this age? I don’t remember.

Definitely did! I remember it as putting your tongue behind your bottom lip, making a stipid noise and tickling your chin. Some lad in my class did it so often he got a rash on his chin. And then there was chinny reckon as well. What silly little buggers we were.

rc22 · 23/06/2024 09:09

My Year 2 class have recently been using "what the sigma?" as an expression of disbelief. I don't get it!

gamerchick · 23/06/2024 09:05

Well it is dodgy in a way. It's saying I or my friends are allowed to watch as much tiktok as I want. The site is a cesspit.

HollyKnight · 23/06/2024 09:04

It's a sign of disrespect when done to a teacher or parent. It basically means "I'm not going to talk to you because I don't care about what you have to say". When done to each other they're just saying "I'm saying nothing".

Little twats.

🤫🧏‍♂️

LakeTiticaca · 23/06/2024 09:04

BiscuityBoyle · 23/06/2024 08:59

Oh heavens. Did we do dumb shit like this at this age? I don’t remember.

Yes I think so!! Fads that youngsters latch into until another one comes along 😆 spread quicker now with social media

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ranoutofquinoaandprosecco · 23/06/2024 09:02

Thanks for the responses my spidey senses were saying jt was something dodgy.

Time for mummy to do it back to the them, big of embarrassment may stop it!

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Littletreefrog · 23/06/2024 08:59

Sigma its supposed to mean you are a popular and self reliant better than alpha male.

In reality it means you are a tween who watches too much Tik Tok.

BiscuityBoyle · 23/06/2024 08:59

Oh heavens. Did we do dumb shit like this at this age? I don’t remember.

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