Glow-Up

What it means

A dramatic personal improvement, published alongside the before photograph so that everyone who knew you at fifteen is aware of the change.

What it actually means

This is addressed to about four specific people.

How it is used in a sentence

"That's a serious glow-up since school."

Filed under

Social Dynamics — The unwritten rules we invented online and now enforce in public without irony.

Bafflegab — The phrase means nothing. We are ridiculing it.

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