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title: "glow-up · GenZ Decoded"
description: "glow-up: A dramatic positive transformation in appearance or confidence. Example: \"She had a serious glow-up over the summer.\" Meaning and usage."
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# glow-up

Gen Z[#appearance](https://genzdecoded.com/slang-for/appearance/)

**Meaning.** A dramatic positive transformation in appearance or confidence.

See it in a sentence

She had a serious glow-up over the summer.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z · this one

    glow-up

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial

    No word for this one yet.

- Gen X

    No word for this one yet.

- Boomer

    No word for this one yet.

- Plain English

    dramatic positive transformation in appearance or confidence

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## Related slang

- [getting in shape](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/getting-in-shape/): Actively improving one’s body or looks.
- [gigachad](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/gigachad/): An idealized, impressively capable or admirable person.
- [goth](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/goth/): A person associated with dark alternative music, fashion, or subculture.
- [granola](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/granola/): An environmentally aware, outdoorsy, natural-living person.

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