Let's Get Glazed, Uncs!
We use these terms because we are very mindful
Our pal Mary Payne, host of the popular reality show podcast Pink Shade, was driving her son to college when she heard him refer to something as “glaze.” She immediately broke out the Voice Memo app (lord’s work) and had her son give us an explainer.
John (19) explains that if he was talking about LeBron James, for instance, and dropping compliment after compliment: best of all time, no one can beat him, he’s the GOAT, MJ could never — that’s glaze. You’re giving a bunch of compliments at once, really gilding the lily. Millennials might say “you’re sucking up” or “you’re doing too much” but for Gen Z it’s — “you’re glazing."
ProTip: If you’re glazing then you are most likely not being very demure.
You are intelligent, gorgeous, spirited, hilarious, spontaneous and alive (no glaze) Become a paid subscriber!
The young lady in the TikTok below co-signs on John’s definition and takes it a bit further concretely stating that glazing has a negative connotation. If you are accused of glazing - that person is telling you to ease up and pull back.
Tiktok failed to load.Enable 3rd party cookies or use another browser
The young man below is giving a master class in glazing.
Tiktok failed to load.Enable 3rd party cookies or use another browser
But before you run off thinking you have this one in the bag, slow down. John explains that glaze has multiple meanings and applications.
