noun🔥 Gen-Z slang
glow down
getting worse in looks or style over time
What it means
A "glow-down" is the opposite of a glow-up — when someone's looks, style, or overall vibe noticeably get worse over time. Often used to comment on a celebrity who changed for the worse, or jokingly about yourself after a rough phase.
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Examples
- He had a serious glow down after high school.
- That haircut is a glow down, I'm so sorry.
- She glowed up and then immediately glowed down, brutal.
- Quarantine was one big glow down for all of us.
Where it comes from
A direct inversion of "glow up," coined as the meme counterpart on Twitter and TikTok in the late 2010s, riding the same transformation-content trend.
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