Meaning

5 senses
  1. (Canada, US, dated, derogatory, slang)A strikebreaker.

  2. (Australia, slang)A weighbridge worker.

  3. (US, informal)A scaled quail (Callipepla squamata).

  4. (slang)A reptile or reptile-like animal character with human characteristics.

  5. (slang)Someone who roleplays or describes themselves as being such a character. (compare furry)

Examples

2 sentences
  1. I'm a scalie, not a furry.

    Я скейлі, не фурі.

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  2. A scalie is like a furry whose "fursona" is a reptile or amphibian.

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Origin

From scale + -ie.

From scale + -ie.

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Forms

plural: scalies
Singularscalie
Pluralscalies

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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