glowboy

(Internet slang, derogatory, far-right) A government agent or informant infiltrating an online political space, with the supposed intention of surveilling violent extremists or provoking entrapment.

When someone's behavior is so suspiciously try-hard, over-eager, or weirdly on-the-nose that it radiates glowie energy — that unmistakable vibe of a plant, a narc, or an agent provocateur who simply cannot help themselves. It's the conversational equivalent of a guy in a brand-new hoodie at a protest insisting everyone should do something illegal. The energy precedes the label: you don't have to call someone a glowie to clock the frequency they're broadcasting on.

(slang) A disappointing or undesirable transformation in appearance, talent, power etc.

(Internet slang, intransitive, derogatory) To post baiting or provocative statements on the Internet, ostensibly as an everyday citizen, but actually working as an undercover government agent as a form of entrapment.

(slang, pejorative) A homosexual man.