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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.
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."
"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
Related Words
Glimmeret • Glimmertide • Glimmertwist • Glimmer Twins • glimmer • Gimmertron • Glimmer Man • gimmerton • glammered • Glimmerce
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.
glimmerous fop by Ema Skye October 18, 2008
glimmerpilled
When an opinion, usually related to gender or sexuality, is presented in a way that does not tear others down, and is based around satire, specifically gender satire. A play on words of ‘based and red pilled’
glimmerpilled by anonymous November 3, 2021
Starlight Glimmer
a light purple communist pony in MLP that forced her village in total equality. She was reformed when Twilight Sparkle defeated her and is now currently a protagonist.
Starlight Glimmer by awesome_kitty July 10, 2018
Glimmerous
Glimmerous by Kousagi December 15, 2008
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