Meanings
plural glowies
- Internetderogatoryfar-rightA government agent or informant infiltrating an online political space, with the supposed intention of surveilling violent extremists or provoking entrapment.
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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.
2021 January 25, Olga Khazan, “The Far Right's Fear of 'Glowies'”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2021Synonyms: glownigger, glowfaggot, glowfag
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA government agent or informant infiltrating an online political space, with the supposed intention of surveilling violent extremists or provoking entrapment.
Origin
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.
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glowie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glowie
“glowie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glowie. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glowie,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glowie.
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