What is Glam?
1.
A movement that which erupted in the 1970s promoting
"Glam is about femme girls and femme boys and girls who look like femme boys and boys who like like butch girls."
Glam individuals usually dress in outrageous fashion: jumpsuits, 3-inch platform space boots and heavy amounts of makeup.
David Bowie was best known for his involvement in the Glam Movement of the 1970s.
2.
the art of celebrating all things beautiful, superficial. Marvelous, fabulous, imperfect, unserious.
A type of person, usually heavily involved in the glam rock movement of the 1970s.
Divine.
David Bowie is the God of Glam.
3.
Rock subgenre that began in the 70s in Britain and later spread to the US, becoming huge in the 80s. Glam rock is very different from the poseur "hair bands"(Slaughter, Winger, Trixter.)The scene was ended by the Seattle grunge movement although some bands have reunited.
70s glam= Slade, T-Rex, Mott The Hoople
80s glam= Twisted Sister, Hanoi Rocks, Motley Crue
4.
glittery, shimmery, chic and imperfect
glam is, by nature, inaccesable to the masses... it is an esoteric art twisted and manipulated by so many and understood by so few, rant rant rant
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5.
Fukin hottie, often prevalent in the car scene.
In high demand by the male species.
Gives good gobby.
"Fuckin glam's everywhere!"
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6.
The legendary TashBOT of Vancouver, BC clearly stated that a good looking asian male shall be known as "GLAM".
TashBOT: "Hey check out that guy..."
Danger: "What guy?"
TashBOT: "You know the GLAM"
Danger: "Ohh yea' daaang"
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Girls with rediculously big hair (that rarely gets washed) , "flats", big shiny belts, shirts that look exactly the same but may have different patterns or colors, only listen to screamo, own gi-normous "bug" glasses, have excessively-big purses (sometimes painted on) and take lots of pictures....of themselves.
"Look at that "glam" girl's hair, I bet she hasn't washed it in weeks!"
"How does she get her hair that big?"
"Ya, there's a glam girl that lives down the street from me she drives a Grand Prix!"
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