clanny

English

Etymology

clan +‎ -y

Adjective

clanny (comparative more clanny, superlative most clanny)

  1. clannish; socially exclusive
    • 1991, Gerald Lynch, Roughnecks, Drillers, and Tool Pushers, page 35:
      They were a clanny bunch who favored each other for jobs […]
    • 2004, Karin M. Ekström, Helene Brembeck, Elusive Consumption, page 63:
      Each time I use a personal pronoun, I hear a mafioso echo, a clanny, insular, hegemonic reverberation […]

Noun

clanny (plural clannies)

  1. (video games, collectible card games, sometimes derogatory) A player who habitually plays the same clan or with the other players on the same team.
    • 2007 August 17, Jeff Kuta, “Re: another thought on 'fixing' the Assamites”, in rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad‎ (Usenet):
      Once Assamite clannies can dissect the new cards, we'll know the true state of the clan.
    • 2014 January, Alexis Capitini, “Five Apps You Should Be Playing”, in Living Out, page 28:
      Join a clan to flaunt your victories and be a good sport by donating support troops to fellow clannies.
    • 2018 October, Rich Eddy, “Casting the Runes”, in MCV/Develop, published 2019, page 65:
      The festival has given me the chance to meet long term friends and clannies that I've known playing RuneScape.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:clanny.
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