different between clanny vs clannish

English

Etymology

clan +? -y

Adjective

clanny (comparative more clanny, superlative most clanny)

1. clannish; socially exclusive
   • 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.
   • 2014, Alexis Capitini, "Five Apps You Should Be Playing", Living Out, January 2014, page 28:

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

   • 2018, Rich Eddy, "Casting the Runes", MCV/Develop, October 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.

English

Etymology

clan +? -ish

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?klæn.??/

Adjective

clannish (comparative more clannish, superlative most clannish)

1. Of or related to a clan.
2. Socially exclusive.

Synonyms

• (socially exclusive): clanny