Glaf;
Verb INFORMAL
glaf; 3rd person present: glafs; present past: glaffed; past participle: glaffed; gerund or present participle: glaffing.
Verb FORMAL
Glavour; 3rd person present: glaviate; present past: glavoured; past participle; glavoured; gerund or present participle: glavouring.
>Acting upon the inner feeling that you should not laugh at someone’s joke and instead stare at them intensely.
Phrases
“That glafs me.”
“This is positively glavouring.”
Origin
Autocorrect not doing it’s job when my friend misspelled ‘glad’ and the ensuing tomfoolery; 2025.
Use overtime for ‘glaf’:
-2025.
Verb INFORMAL
glaf; 3rd person present: glafs; present past: glaffed; past participle: glaffed; gerund or present participle: glaffing.
Verb FORMAL
Glavour; 3rd person present: glaviate; present past: glavoured; past participle; glavoured; gerund or present participle: glavouring.
>Acting upon the inner feeling that you should not laugh at someone’s joke and instead stare at them intensely.
Phrases
“That glafs me.”
“This is positively glavouring.”
Origin
Autocorrect not doing it’s job when my friend misspelled ‘glad’ and the ensuing tomfoolery; 2025.
Use overtime for ‘glaf’:
-2025.
“I glaffed so hard - I didn’t know what to say.”
“Did anyone else want to glaf at that?”
“Are you always glavouring?”
“I could glaviate but I won’t.”
“Did anyone else want to glaf at that?”
“Are you always glavouring?”
“I could glaviate but I won’t.”
by articulatingourthoughts May 28, 2025
