cliquedom- An inner-clique/inner-circle of a closed group, where you are either in or out. Those on the inside consider themselves elite and special to the lower cast outside to which they look down upon. The group it typified with a closed self-supporting mind set and is not that open to change (or a difference of opinion).
A post (often in a server channel, subreddit, or private group) designed to mobilize a clique against a target. The cliquepost frames the target as a threat to the in‑group, often using exaggerated or fabricated claims, and calls on members to report, harass, or exclude them. Cliqueposts rely on the group’s pre‑existing cohesion; they don’t need to explain why the target is bad—they just need to activate the in‑group’s protective instincts. Once a cliquepost goes up, the mob is already assembled.
Example: “A mod posted in the staff channel: ‘New user asking too many questions. Might be a spy.’ The cliquepost turned a curious newcomer into a hunted target overnight.”
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. PenguinBooks,1992. p. 38)