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glowies

glowies is the plural of glowie.

Meaning of glowie

Noun

glowie (plural glowies)

  1. (Internet, derogatory, far-right) 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

Questions about glowies

What is glowies the plural of?
Glowies is the plural of glowie.

Words near glowies in the dictionary

  1. glowfaggot
  2. glowflies
  3. glowfly
  4. glowie
  5. glowier
  6. glowies
  7. glowiest
  8. glowin'
  9. glowiness
  10. glowing
  11. glowing generalities

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