glad rags
Formal attire, dress clothes.
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Expressions you’ll hear in the US — distinctly American usage first, then widespread staples.
glam up
To make (someone or something) more glamorous.
glambert
A fan of American singer Adam Lambert.
glamfest
A highly glamorous event.
glamourpuss
A glamorous, alluring woman.
glampire
A glamorous or beautiful vampire; a person who pretends to be a vampire.
glance away
To look at something else briefly, then look back again.
glance off
To strike a surface and be deflected
glance over
to quickly inspect something (newspaper, notes) with the eyes
glark
To guess (the meaning of an unfamiliar word) based on hearing its use in context.
glasgow salad
A serving of chips/fries.
glass arm
A stiff arm resulting from a long session of amateur radio CW operation.
glass teat
Synonym of television.
glass teletype
A rudimentary videoterminal.
glasshole
A person who wears spectacle frames equipped with PDAs (especially with cameras) that display into the user's eyes, and who acts like a jerk or films inappropriately.
glaze
To hype, praise, or compliment someone or something so much that it becomes annoying or excessive, coined in 2021 by Kai Cenat after reacting to a video by streamer Blueryai.
glaze over
To become unfocused, as if through boredom.
glaze up
To become glazed
glazer
A person who is prone to endless monologuing; derived from the practice of speaking until the listener's eyes "glaze over".
gleaner
A person who focuses on self-improvement while in prison.
gleek
A geek who is involved in a glee club, choir, or singing.
gleeps
Expression of surprise or alarm; yikes.
gleet
A urethral discharge, especially as a symptom of gonorrhea.
glibertarian
A disingenuous libertarian.
glissy
shiny and slippery; glossy.
glitch out
To fail due to a malfunction or glitch.
glitter family
A group of friends treated as adoptive family by an LGBT person whose birth family has rejected them for their sexual orientation.
glitter pits
Armpits made to sparkle by applying glitter to the armpit hair (as part of a social media trend).
glizzy
A hot dog. Popularized in 2020, possibly from the Washington metropolitan area, and possibly originating from the slang term "glizzy" for a Glock handgun. It may also refer to a penis.
glober
A globe-earther.
gloid
Syncopic form of mongoloid (“idiot”).
glom on
To attach oneself to something.
glom onto
To attach oneself to.
glomp
To embrace enthusiastically; to pounce on and hug, often from a running start.
glop
To swallow greedily.
gloriosky
wonderful; great; hurrah!
glorithverse
A fictional alternate universe created by DC Comics character Glorith, a foe of the Legion of Super-Heroes.
glory hole
A hole in a screen or wall big enough to allow an erect penis to be stuck through, made to facilitate anonymous sex with another person.
glory wall
A large hole in a screen or wall big enough to allow an individual's buttocks or lower body to be stuck through, made to facilitate anonymous sex with another person.
gloryhole
To have sex through a glory hole.
gloryholer
Someone who has sex using a glory hole.
glove up
To don a pair of (e.g. surgical) gloves.
glovey
A glove compartment.
glow up
To undergo a glow-up.
glow-down
A disappointing or undesirable transformation in appearance, talent, power, etc.
glow-up
A major improvement in oneself, usually an improvement in appearance, confidence, personality, and style. Frequently used in a context relating to puberty. A "glow-down" is a situation where someone's appearance has declined.
glowboy
A (male) nuclear power plant worker who repairs equipment in areas with extremely high levels of radiation.
glue sniffer
An extremely foolish person.
gluehead
One who inhales the fumes from solvent glue as a recreational drug.
glurge
oversentimental stories with a moral, often with hidden negative undertones.
glutard
A person with a form of gluten intolerance, such as celiac disease.
gluten-free madness
The perceived excessive focus on gluten-free diets, often seen as a fad or trend, rather than a necessary dietary choice for those with medical conditions like celiac disease.
gluteus
Short for gluteus maximus, either of a pair of large muscles in the human buttocks.
glype
A stupid and annoying person.
gnarlsome
gnarly and awesome at the same time
gnarly
Excellent; attractive.
gnash up
To gnash (something) until it is mashed up; to mash something up as if by gnashing it.
gnat's
A very tiny thing or distance; a whit; a jot; something of no consequence.
gnat's arse
Synonym of gnat's (“very tiny thing or distance”).
gnat's ass
Synonym of gnat's (“very tiny thing or distance”).
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