Uwu envy

Uwu envy is essentially the same concept as Freud's penis envy, but applied to modern society's fixation with cuteness. Individuals experiencing uwu envy may harbor a sense of inferiority, where they subconsciously (or consciously) covet others who effortlessly exude the cute and innocent aesthetic of 'uwu.' It may initially manifest as a state of being intimidated or even a feeling of resentment towards those who fit the uwu aesthetic, often due to feeling out of the loop or disconnected from popular internet culture and the trends associated with it.

Unlike penis envy though, uwu envy is very easy to overcome. Overcoming one's uwu envy may involve a strong desire to assimilate the physical attributes, mannerisms, or online presence associated with cuteness, and may drive individuals to engage in attention-seeking behavior or adopt an infantile or anime-influenced aesthetic as a means of validation. More often than not, this typically involves changing your profile pic to a cute anime girl and using cute phrases and emojis such as ':3' and 'rawr'. Those with uwu envy are indistinguishable from those who genuinely co-opt uwu culture, the only difference being that, deep down, individuals with uwu envy do it as a sort of psychological compensatory mechanism.

Uwu envy is the troubling reflection of a young generation that prioritizes surface-level appearances over genuine self-acceptance, self-expression and emotional maturity, perpetuating a shallow aesthetics-based culture.

EXAMPLE 1:
Person A: I noticed that Sarah changed her profile picture to a cute anime girl and is always using 'uwu' in her messages. It's like she's trying so hard to be cute all the time.
Person B: Yeah, she's got a serious case of uwu envy.
_______________

EXAMPLE 2: Me. I have uwu envy.

by Mary Mary Quite The Contrarian April 24, 2023

Envy Draven

An absolutely unequivocally amazingly cute bunvy

Can you belive how cute Envy Draven is?

by Sourgrapes Snape July 13, 2023

White-Envy

When black people feel envious of white society because their ancestors lacked the skill & knowledge to improve their lives. Often resulting in resentment, jealousy and demands for reparations instead of accepting personal responsibility for their own situation, and work towards improving their lives through hard work, discipline and other ethical ways of achieving happiness and success.

Hatred for white people is a result of white-envy due to cultural differences.

by Rabid_Dogs May 15, 2024

convo-envy

Feeling envious of participants of surounding conversations, especially while sitting in an awkward silence.

Origin, Bay Area, mid 2000s.

Man, my friend is too busy talking about AFI with the scene kids, and im too far down the table to talk to the WoPo players. Ive got hella convo-envy!

by 280 fog July 20, 2025

completion envy

The feeling someone with a large gaming backlog (A.K.A. pile of shame) gets when they hear about others who play multiple games to completion.

You're adding to my completion envy!
This isn't helping my completion envy.

by kryss101010 November 8, 2022

Meeting envy

When you are feeling like a useless insignificant Smurf at work and feel pangs of jealous anxiety when co-workers discuss the interesting or seemingly important things they have been doing. Especially if they are talking about all the meetings they’ve been in lately that you weren’t invited to.

Jonah had meeting envy when his co-worker Rhea texted that she was in a meeting- but he wasn’t. Little did he know Rhea had meeting envy listening to several of her co-workers and superiors who were in the meeting discuss all the meetings they had had recently.

by BlovBlovAgain July 13, 2023

Victim envy

When a person who doesn’t encounter discrimination pretends they are being oppressed because they wish they could tell a personal story about overcoming oppression

There’s no war on Christmas, they just have victim envy

by Posternutbag811 December 7, 2023