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Glimmer Man

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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Something that people on the internet are incapable of learning.
'omg liek you suk you n00b'
'Ever heard of spelling?'
grammar by whitetiger16 April 9, 2004
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gimmicky 

'Gimmicky' is used to describe something that attracts the attention from mainstream media, but when explored in-depth it turns out to be rather underwhelming and overhyped.
An item or product is said to be 'gimmicky' if it lacks innovation or any outstanding traits.
Todd: "Hey man, have you seen the new game that came out recently?"

Jesse: "What game..? Oh, *that* game. Meh, it looks kinda gimmicky."
gimmicky by JonnyJigsaw July 25, 2016

Guildford Grammar School 

A school which had a headmaster who dipped faster than the Italians did from the Axis
Guildford Grammar School, oh yeah, Stevman Weebdoh can shove a dildo up his arse

GrimmeyGhost 

You heard of GrimmeyGhost ? He on Straight Gangsta !
GrimmeyGhost by BigGrimey November 22, 2021

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

Scammer grammar 

Diction repetitively used by obvious overseas scam artists via email, web dating and other forms of social internet pages, often exemplifying english as a second language. Used mostly to try and phish intended victims information and/or sucker victim into "donating/giving" money.
Example of Scammer grammar, often found in emails or dating site messages:

Hello am kelvin..Am new on here and seeking for a very nice and interesting lady to be with and get to know what she seeks on here..Am An Interesting Loving and honest man to be with .Well i will like to know more about and see where it leads us to