glowie

See also: głowie

English

Etymology

From glow +‎ -ie. Originated by Terry Davis, who stated in a 2017 video that “CIA niggers glow in the dark”, implying that they are conspicuous. The term “glowie” would become popular on the 4chan /pol/ board around 2019.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡləʊ.i/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡloʊ.i/
• Rhymes: -əʊi
• Homophone: glowy

• Audio (US):

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Noun

glowie (plural glowies)

1. (Internet slang, derogatory, far-right) A government agent or informant infiltrating an online political space, with the supposed intention of surveilling violent extremists or provoking entrapment.

   Synonyms: glownigger, glowfaggot, glowfag

   • 2021 January 25, Olga Khazan, “The Far Right's Fear of 'Glowies'”, in The Atlantic‎^[2], archived from the original on 25 January 2021:

     On January 6, one Telegram user made their channel, which was popular with the far right, private because "nameless faceless glowies are joining." Two days later, another person suggested that glowies would "float dead cop story, to redirect public attention and sympathy," referring to the death of the Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick. […] Far-right forums are rife with racism and misogyny, so perhaps it’s no surprise that glowie derives from the language of hate.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:glowie.

Related terms

• glowposting, fedposting - (posting provocative or violent threats on the Internet that make a user look suspicious)