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Three months later, Peter Wilding coined ‘Brexit’, describing it as ‘another sad word’, in a think-tank article.
How Brexit changed the English language Christine Ro 2023
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On 15 May 2012, he published an article on a European blog platform, in which he argued that if Britain’s leaders did not set out a positive vision for membership, “then the portmanteau for Greek euro exit might be followed by another sad word, Brexit.”
From woke to gammon: buzzwords by the people who coined them Steven Poole 2020
hugovk commented on the word Brexit
British exit from the EU.
The Guardian, October 2014:
March 4, 2015
alexz commented on the word Brexit
"What about second Brexit?"
Spotted in my FB feed which is trying to kill me with laughter.
June 27, 2016
bilby commented on the word Brexit
What's next? Departugal? Italeave? Finish? Norwayout?
June 28, 2016
alexz commented on the word Brexit
In Canada, people have been coining Gonetario and Quexit
June 28, 2016
lodger commented on the word Brexit
As an Englishman, here's my twopenn'orth:
Brexit, one of the most exciting words in the English language!
After 47 years of being involved with an ever-increasingly centralised and non-democratic Europe, with total political union as its goal (for which no-one in the United Kingdom actually voted), we are now free.
Remoaners, of course, vehemently disagree, but Leavers just smile at their ravings. The world, despite the best efforts of Covid-19, has not come to an end - the dire forecasts of economic doom, starvation, etc., were for nought.
God save the Queen!
March 14, 2021