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glowie

noun
/ˈɡləʊ.i/UK/ˈɡloʊ.i/US

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.

  1. derived from *ǵʰleh₁-✻ — “to shine, glow; to be shining, glowing”
  2. inherited from *glōaną✻ — “to glow”
  3. derived from *glówa✻
  4. inherited from *glōan✻ — “to glow”
  5. inherited from glōwan — “to glow”
  6. inherited from glouen
  7. suffixed as glowie — “glow + -ie”

Definitions

  1. A government agent or informant infiltrating an online political space, with the supposed…

    A government agent or informant infiltrating an online political space, with the supposed intention of surveilling violent extremists or provoking entrapment.

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