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- adjective informal Like an
insider ; familiar with inner knowledge,in-jokes , etc.
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Examples
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All the talk about deals with Obama and strategies to take Hillary down --- it all sounds very "insiderish", but I doubt anybody gave this much thought.
Merry-Go-Round: Edwards Hits Hillary For Mailer Attacking Obama 2009
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All the talk about deals with Obama and strategies to take Hillary down --- it all sounds very "insiderish", but I doubt anybody gave this much thought.
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Just ask Mr. Gingrich, who is as insiderish as they come.
The Lessons of Herman Cain Kimberley A. Strassel 2011
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Josh Marshall, who is usually pretty circumspect about everything insiderish DC, basically saw much of the room begin to look over his way to see why the crowd began hovering over a table about as far away from the President as Pluto in the solar system.
Steve Clemons: White House Correspondents Dinner: Obama Can Also Be His Own Comedian 2010
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Josh Marshall, who is usually pretty circumspect about everything insiderish DC, basically saw much of the room begin to look over his way to see why the crowd began hovering over a table about as far away from the President as Pluto in the solar system.
Steve Clemons: White House Correspondents Dinner: Obama Can Also Be His Own Comedian 2010
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Inevitably, it was a somewhat insiderish event, and had a scrapbook feel, with snapshot scenes variously representing performance, training andcreation.
This Is the Place 2010
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He's correct that the "Logic of Collective Belief" is much too insiderish and would probably scare off some potential readers.
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This post has all the milestones of a jump the shark episode- You're visiting a new place (sound studio/LA), taking on risky venture (publishing a CD/jumping a shark) and all the insiderish crackery (re-running your commentators in the body/ Laverne, Shirley and Scott Baio).
About my proposed Titus recording. Ann Althouse 2009
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She managed to criticize Obama quite effectively without sounding smarmy and Washington-insiderish.
The artistic qualities of this McCain ad completely distracted me from whatever words were spoken or shown. Ann Althouse 2008
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Are you concerned that it's too insiderish or niche to work as a book?
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