• glorp
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      I might be wrong but isn’t “glowie” originally a racist term from 4chan?

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        It was originally coined by a racist schizophrenic (Terry Davis), and adopted by a racist community (4chan), but the meaning itself is not racist.

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        99% of people who say that learned it from youtubers using soyjak memes for engagement

        Nobody knows who Terry Davis even was

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        Not to my knowledge? It’s a reference to how CIA/FBI agents can’t blend in at all, like they glow in the dark. But it’s true it comes from 4chan