"glowpost" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-glowpost.wav Forms: glowposts [present, singular, third-person], glowposting [participle, present], glowposted [participle, past], glowposted [past]
Etymology: From glow + -post. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|glow|post}} glow + -post Head templates: {{en-verb}} glowpost (third-person singular simple present glowposts, present participle glowposting, simple past and past participle glowposted)
  1. (Internet slang, intransitive, derogatory, far-right) To post baiting or provocative statements on the Internet, ostensibly as an everyday citizen, but actually working as an undercover government agent as a form of entrapment. Tags: Internet, derogatory, intransitive Related terms: fedpost, glowie

Inflected forms

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