What does “glazing” mean?
Glazing is praising someone so much it gets embarrassing: fawning, flattering, defending them at any cost. “Stop glazing him” means stop being a fan for a second.
Where it comes from
From “glaze,” spread through sports and streaming communities in 2023 and 2024 to mock fans who could not criticize their favorite player or creator. It usually carries a note of “you’re being weird about it.”
Glazing in a sentence
- The commentators were glazing the rookie all night.
- I’m not glazing; the album is actually good.
Can you say it at work?
Probably not: its origin is crude, and most people over thirty will hear a baking term. Say “fawning,” or “you’re a fan, we get it.”
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