clanny

comparative more clanny · superlative most clanny

1. Clannish; socially exclusive.

   They were a clanny bunch who favored each other for jobs[…]

   1991, Gerald Lynch, Roughnecks, Drillers, and Tool Pushers, page 35

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   Each time I use a personal pronoun, I hear a mafioso echo, a clanny, insular, hegemonic reverberation[…]

   2004, Karin M. Ekström, Helene Brembeck, Elusive Consumption, page 63

plural clannies

1. derogatorysometimescollectible card gamesvideo gamesA player who habitually plays the same clan or with the other players on the same team.

   Once Assamite clannies can dissect the new cards, we'll know the true state of the clan.

   2007 August 17, Jeff Kuta, “Re: another thought on 'fixing' the Assamites”, in rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad (Usenet)

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   Join a clan to flaunt your victories and be a good sport by donating support troops to fellow clannies.

   2014 January, Alexis Capitini, “Five Apps You Should Be Playing”, in Living Out, page 28

   The festival has given me the chance to meet long term friends and clannies that I've known playing RuneScape.

   2018 October, Rich Eddy, “Casting the Runes”, in MCV/Develop, published 2019, page 65