Hello and welcome to the English We Speak, where we explain phrases used by fluent English speakers so that you can use them too. I'm Fay-Fei and I'm joined by Beth.

Hi, Faye-Fey. Did you see Gary taking more arty pictures of his coffee this morning and posting

them online? He wrote in the caption that he is living his best life. Classic aura farming.

For sure. Everyone drinks coffee, but not everyone posts pictures of it to make themselves look cool.

He's doing it for attention or price, and that's what aura farming is.

We see people aura farming online a lot these days.

People might post images of themselves doing a good deed for someone else,

or might manipulate a photo to make themselves look more attractive or rich

all because they want to boost their aura, their reputation. Yes, a friend of mine loves going

to fancy and expensive restaurants and then posting pictures of them. She's definitely

aura farming. Yeah, it sounds like it. Sometimes it's harmless, but sometimes it's a bit obvious.

Yes.

Let's listen to more examples of aura farming.

That guy's always carrying a skateboard.

He doesn't even know how to use it.

He's just aura farming.

I went to this party. You won't believe this. There were a couple of people there in the dark

wearing sunglasses. I mean, stop aura farming, guys.

I have this friend that always poses next to sports cars and then posts them on social media

like the cars are his. He's just aura farming,

so embarrassing.

Oara farming is a very social media inspired phrase. People are farming for likes and compliments.

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