Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gate-keepy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.68 in modern English

Syllables: gate--keepy
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Engaging in, characteristic of, or related to gatekeeping.

Informal

Example Sentences

""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? […]"
"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."
"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, […]"

Etymology

From gate-keep + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: gate-keep

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

gatekeepy (alternative)

Synonyms

gatekeepery

Questions

What does gate-keepy mean?: Engaging in, characteristic of, or related to gatekeeping.
Where does gate-keepy come from?: From gate-keep + -y.

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