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pervert glasses en · NOUN
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(derogatory, plural, plural-only, slang) Smartglasses; eyeglasses that feature augmented reality functions.
The devices, which can easily be used to film others in public without their knowledge or consent, have been facing a growing backlash online, with netizens calling them out for being “pervert glasses.”
2026 April 26, Victor Tangerman, “Huge Group of Experts Warns Meta That Its Pervert Glasses Will Enable Terrible Crimes”, in Futurism:For people with disabilities, the age of smartglasses that subtitle speech really has arrived, and some acknowledgment of this might help us when people accuse us of being “creeps” for wearing “pervert glasses” (although at least we’ll know what they’re saying).
2026 April 7, Laurence Amery, quotee, “The life-changing magic of wearing smartglasses”, in The Guardian, page 5:“Pervert Glasses” don’t have to be the norm and one of the other ills of the current political climate is helping stem the tide before things go off the rails.
2026 March 4, Teresia Gray, “Social Media Turns on Meta’s Pervert Glasses: “No Reason for These to Exist””, in The Mary Sue: