Gen Alpha slang · Adjective
sigma
Sigma is Gen Alpha slang for independent, confident and unbothered by social hierarchy, used mainly by ages 8–16. Rated "Mostly safe" for adult use.
Where it came from
From an online male-hierarchy meme that ranked people alpha, beta and sigma. Most children using it have no idea about that origin and treat it as simply meaning "cool and self-contained".
Tone check
Positive as used by children. Worth knowing the origin sits in manosphere content, so it is worth an occasional conversation rather than a ban.
Used in a sentence
"Sigma behaviour."
"He just walked off, absolute sigma."
Related words
Keep decoding
an unflattering jawline
losing on purpose, or playing badly enough to lose
ruined, broken beyond repair
suspicious
let them continue, they know what they are doing
ridiculous, not to be taken seriously
exhausted or mentally absent
stunned, lost for words