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Glow up

🇿🇦 South Africa Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition
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Verbeter jouself (Improve yourself)

"Major glow up this year (Major self-improvement this year)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

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🇿🇦 South Africa
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Glow up 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Amelyor twa (Improve yourself)

"Major glow up! (Major glow up!)"
Glow up 🌍 Gen Z/Gen Alpha

Physical transformation

"His glow up was insane"

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🌍 "Glow up" Across Africa

This word is also used in 16 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Glow up 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Amelyor twa (Improve yourself)
Glow up 🌍 Gen Z/Gen Alpha

Physical transformation
Glow up 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Transformation (Glow up)
Glow up 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Baga helw/jamil (Became beautiful)
Glow up 🇲🇷 Mauritania

تحول جمالي (Glow up)
Glow up 🇪🇬 Egypt

جلو أپ - Glow up
Glow up 🇸🇿 Eswatini

Kushintja ube ncono (Change for better)
Glow up 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

ግሎው አፕ/መሻሻል (Glow up)
Glow up 🇬🇭 Ghana

Transformation/Improvement (Major improvement)
Glow up 🇱🇸 Lesotho

Ho fetoha ho ba motle / Phetoho e ntle (To become beautiful / Nice change)
Glow up 🇱🇾 Libya

قلو اب (Glow up)
Glow up 🇳🇦 Namibia

Oku chamukilila / transformation (To transform positively)
Glow up 🇬🇲 Gambia

Major glow up (Major transformation)
Glow up

Physical transformation
Glow up 🇳🇬 Nigeria

Physical transformation to look better (Physical transformation to look better)
Glow up 🇷🇼 Rwanda

Guhinduka neza (To transform positively)

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