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glam

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Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

glam

/ ɡlæm /

Origin of glam¹

First recorded in 1960–65; by shortening

The revival swept in glam costumes, elegant choreography, and cheeky fun, sometimes weaving in social commentary.

The hotels sound upscale-boutique, rather than mega-glam behemoths.

Others were paired with sportswear-inspired tops—think a tracksuit zip-up made glam with diagonal decorative panels.

David Bailey is best known for his ultra glam photos of the fashionable and famous.

Gaga's featured in it, looking glam and wielding her weapon of choice: a handgun with a silencer.

Glam's entry and onset resemble those of Grendel: when Grettir closes with him he tries to get out.

In the first, Grettir stops at a farm house which is haunted by Glam, a ghost of monstrous stature.

Glam p. 148 was tall and strange in bearing, with blue and glaring eyes, and wolf-grey hair.

Thereupon Glam took to riding the house-roofs at nights, so that he nearly broke them in.

They went first to Glam's cairn, because men thought that the shepherd's disappearance must have been through his bringing-about.

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