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(informal) Like an insider; familiar with inner knowledge, in-jokes, etc..
The essay's tone – knowing, insiderish, never polemical, and constantly shifting between mockery and studied neutrality – probably accounts for some of its warm reception.
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Insiderish means (informal) Like an insider; familiar with inner knowledge, in-jokes, etc..
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The essay's tone – knowing, insiderish, never polemical, and constantly shifting between mockery and studied neutrality – probably accounts for some of its warm reception.
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