clanny

English

Etymology

From 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^[1] (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.