glam

plural glams

1. uncountableGlamour; glamorousness.

   Who wouldn’t be a glamor girl, a certain-to-enamor girl? What joie de vivre in her life is given her to cram, The dinkum sex-appealing girl, the subtle-charm-revealing girl, ’Mong men the havoc-dealing girl—in short, the girl with glam.!

   1939 July 19, The Bulletin, Sydney, page 14, column 1

2. abbreviationellipsisuncountableentertainmentEllipsis of glam rock, the fashion and culture associated with this genre.

   1 more example

   Blokes sporting make-up and vertiginous platform boots, songs that were precision-tooled melodramas of bubblegum pop and football-terrace stomp, a belief in pop itself as a liberating space for fantasy and shape-shifting: it’s perhaps unsurprising that glam, in whose rise Bowie played a huge part, has never been taken very seriously.

   2016 October 7, Sukhdev Sandhu, “Shock and Awe: Glam Rock and Its Legacy by Simon Reynolds”, in The Guardian

   Synonyms: glitter

3. countableFFXIV fandom slangA glamour; a cosmetic alteration applied to a piece of equipment.

   So when you put a glam on an item it's on that item.

   2023 July 30, Karaethon22, Reddit

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   The three types of FFXIV glams: Skimpy, normal clothes, and joke outfits.

   2022 July 15, rhydderch_hael, Reddit

   The game will not let you apply the appearance of a piece of gear when that piece of gear already has a glam on it.

   2025 July 22, poplarleaves, Reddit

comparative glammer · superlative glammest

1. slangGlamorous.

present singular third person glams · participle present glamming · participle past glammed · past glammed

1. To make glamorous or more glamorous.
2. FFXIV fandom slangTo apply a glamour to a piece of equipment.

   your sarcasm is amazing considering I glammed my shire bow with a lvl 1 bow to give my character an amateur hunter look.

   2018 July 26, BlerdOtaku, Reddit

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   But another part i thought was exciting was just glamming every piece of gear i could find, so i could try literally any outfit.

   2023 November 9, Donplonex, Reddit

   Yes, glam is applied to whatever gear you currently wear so everytime you change a piece of your gear you'll need to glam it again.

   2026 May 24, hi_im_maverick, Reddit

plural GLAMs

1. abbreviationacronymcountableuncountableAcronym of galleries, libraries, archives and museums.
2. abbreviationacronymcountableuncountableAcronym of Generic Legal Advice Memorandum, issued by the IRS to provide advice to its field agents.

1. University of Glamorgan, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.