Gate-keepy

adj, slang

adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Engaging in, characteristic of, or related to gatekeeping. informal

    ""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? […]"

Example

More examples

""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? […]"

Etymology

From gate-keep + -y.

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