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title: "gatekeep · GenZ Decoded"
description: "gatekeep: Withholding information or knowledge from others to keep something exclusive to oneself. Example: \"He likes to gatekeep the best fishing spots,..."
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# gatekeep

Gen Z[#lifestyle](https://genzdecoded.com/slang-for/lifestyle/)

**Meaning.** Withholding information or knowledge from others to keep something exclusive to oneself.

See it in a sentence

He likes to gatekeep the best fishing spots, won't tell anyone.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z · this one

    gatekeep

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial

    No word for this one yet.

- Gen X

    No word for this one yet.

- Boomer

    No word for this one yet.

- Plain English

    withholding information or knowledge from others to keep something exclusive to oneself

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## Related slang

- [flexed on](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/flexed-on/): To boast or show off in a way meant to assert dominance over someone.
- [flower power](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/flower-power/): The peaceful, love-and-nonviolence ethos of 1960s counterculture.
- [get a life](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/get-a-life/): A dismissive phrase telling someone to stop obsessing and do something more worthwhile.
- [get down](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/get-down/): To dance energetically.

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