glowie
UK/ˈɡləʊ.i//ˈɡloʊ.i/
glowie noun: a government agent or informant infiltrating an online political space, with the supposed intention of surveilling violent extremists or provoking entrapment.
Noun
glowie (plural glowies)
- A government agent or informant infiltrating an online political space, with the supposed intention of surveilling violent extremists or provoking entrapment.
- 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...2021 January 25, Olga Khazan, “The Far Right's Fear of 'Glowies'”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2021
- Synonyms:
- glownigger, glowfaggot, glowfag
Synonyms of glowie
Forms of glowie
| plural | glowies |
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Origin of glowie
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.
Words that rhyme with glowie
Questions about glowie
- What does glowie mean?
- Glowie means a government agent or informant infiltrating an online political space, with the supposed intention of surveilling violent extremists or provoking entrapment.
- What part of speech is glowie?
- Glowie is a noun.
- How do you pronounce glowie?
- Glowie is pronounced /ˈɡləʊ.i/ (UK).
- What is the plural of glowie?
- The plural of glowie is glowies.
Words near glowie in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: glowie (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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