A noticeable transformation for the better — usually physical (style, fitness, skin) but also career or confidence. A verb ("she glowed up") and a noun ("2024 was my glow-up year").
"Saw his college reunion photos — absolute glow up."
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The moment you realize someone you knew as an awkward teen has turned into a completely different person.
"Everyone in the group chat posted prom photos. Half of them glowed up, half of them didn't."
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Glow-downs are the inverse — a public figure visibly peaked in one era. Not always physical: a career glow-down, a post-divorce glow-down, a post-divorce-into-new-era glow-up.
"Her 2016 was peak glow-up. 2022 was a quiet glow-down. 2024 is her redemption era."
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