Did you perchance mean literati?
Examples
“One of the judges wrote this on Slate. com: The Most Outrageous category is tricky; we never agree whether it's the word itself that's outrageous (typically for having some vulgar element, as in 2003's winner, cliterati, for 'prominent feminists') or the concept (as with 2002's neuticles, 'false testicles for neutered pets').”
“Emily Dubberley, Founder of cliterati and Dubberly”
Review 2003: What was the best thing which happened to you in 2003?
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘cliterati’.
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Tickles my humerus
I find these to be inherently funny.
cow tipping, bumblebee, homoscedasticity, seattle, wagga wagga, booby, pants, guacamole, poodle, fanny pack, nincompoop, svenborgia and 161 more...
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Concepts
The world falls into place when you discover that there is a name for that amorphous idea that previously you were only able to half-conceive of.
liberation theology, heteronormative, transliterate, transliteration, dhimmi, dotsam and netsam, infinite loop, cliterati, weekend, morula, hefted
Tweets
Looking for tweets for cliterati.
BrainyBabe When I see others playing with large stuffed objects, I tend to get out of the way. I do see the virtues of the smorgasbord metaphor, though. I'm getting hungry too. Dec 24, 2008
dontcry *feeling hungry with all this talk about stuffed fish* Dec 24, 2008
reesetee *grabs c_b's stuffed fish and slaps sionnach--ever so gently--upside the head* Dec 24, 2008
sionnach
See what I mean about the delightful smorgasbrod that is Wordie? Even on what might seem to be an unpromising word page, you get the charming slapstick of c_b and r_t, yukking it up for our amusement.
I suppose I might as well confess to my chaste intellectual crush on BB right here and now, and get it out of the way. Dec 24, 2008
reesetee *laughs at c_b's stunnedness*
Okay, I feel better now. :-) Dec 24, 2008
chained_bear Shit. I guess I did. *stunned*
*slaps self upside the head with a stuffed fish*
*more stunned* Dec 23, 2008
reesetee Certainly, BB! No offense taken. :-)
C_b: Did you just call me a big, loud, obnoxious person while simultaneously telling me that we get along well?
*rereads cb's comment*
Yes. Yes you did.
*slumping off in existential despair* Dec 23, 2008
BrainyBabe That's all right then.... Dec 23, 2008
chained_bear No offense taken, BB. :) There have been some users in the past who brandish certain words about in an effort to get a ... let's just say a response from other users... It is more than clear you are not doing that, but I'm one of the big, loud, obnoxious people guilty of speaking up before things get out of hand. I think reesetee is too. (maybe why we get along so well, rt? :)
Reclaim the streets! Gluppit the prawling strangles! That's how I roll!! I like cheese! Dec 23, 2008
BrainyBabe No offense meant. Reclaim the streets, and the gutters and margins. Dec 23, 2008
reesetee Yes, c_b, that's what I meant. If you define it as it's defined below, it's likely to be considered offensive. I've seen it used in non-disparaging ways, but I'm just not keen on the coinage; that's all. :-) Dec 23, 2008
BrainyBabe Oh. I never heard it used in a disparaging way, more with respect and awe. "Sisters are doin' it for themselves", climbing the greasy pole of corporate and literary success. Glitterati definitely has a hint of the dismissive, mwah mwah darling, must dash, got to see my ghostwriter. Dec 23, 2008
chained_bear It probably was, but it can be offensive (I think was reesetee's point)... :) Dec 23, 2008
BrainyBabe I assume it was coined after glitterati (or gliterati), celebrity writers. Dec 23, 2008
reesetee I'd really rather it weren't applied to anything or anyone. Dec 23, 2008
BrainyBabe A play on literati, coined in the 1990s? It was used loosely of lipstick lesbians within the chattering classes, i.e. publishing, media, politics, PR, marketing....people paid to go to parties. Retroactively, I suppose it could be applied between the wars to Vita Sackville-West and the Americans in Paris. Dec 23, 2008