gate-keepy
adjEtymology From gate-keep + -y.
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Informal Engaging in, characteristic of, or related to gatekeeping.
- "Something that has always bothered me about this kind of hobby is that there is, of course the occasional person ... who gets kinda gatekeepy with the hobby. Part of the tabletop culture ... is the community of it. So why would you want ... people scared away from enjoying your hobby? […]2018 November 19, David Escobedo, “Tabletop game shop welcomes players”, in The BG News, Bowling Green State University, page 12:
- And I think that was really helpful because it was respectful to me and my gender to not be like gatekeepy or anything like that.2018, anonymous, quoted in Holly Brown, "Blessing Or BS?: Examining The Therapy Experiences Of Transgender And Gender Nonconforming Clients Obtaining Referral Letters For Gender Affirming Medical Treatment", dissertation submitted to the University of Kentucky, page 43
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- I know that a lot of people in the queer community have had concerns with queer groups being gate-keepy or not being open to anyone who isn’t a cis white male, […]2019, Tyler, quoted in Jacyie Weeks, "The Las Vegas Gaymers", Therapy, December 2019, page 18
- Synonyms
- gatekeepery