A glimmer man (sometimes rendered as "glimmerman") was a name unofficially, but universally, applied to inspectors who were employed by coal gas manufacturers in Ireland to detect the use of gas in breach of rationing restrictioons during the Emergency (ie. WW2) from March 1942 and in some places as late as 1947.

The term is now used as a metaphor for bureaucratic intrusion into privacy.

"Rattled by the glimmer man, the boogie man, the holy man" - lyric from "Faithful Departed" by Phil Chevron.

"Gas could be used only on certain hours of the day and hence the arrival of the Glimmer man."

Glimmer Man by Alberto Rosso June 9, 2009

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Glimmie glomma

Can be used as Fuck , or what the fuck,

You walk into a fucked up situation Glimmie glomma

Glimmie glomma by Pete Enis December 7, 2019

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Glime

style, steez, sauce, whatever you wanna call your fashionable essence. popularized by sickboyrari aka blackkray in his hit song "Tearful".

nigga: damm g yo glime sik
other nigga: thx bro

Glime by siccboi October 24, 2018

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glimmerous fop

Prosecuters who would rather play guitar, and perhaps should. They keep their hairs in drilled tips to pierce the Heavens or to just make themselves feel pretty. They are fun to throw snackoos at, so do so if you see one. They also like to seduce opposing lawyers after court.

"Always thinking he's a prince in the investigation... What a glimmerous fop! MUNCH MUNCH MUNCH!"

glimmerous fop by Ema Skye October 18, 2008

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