Tim Oliver
The Brexicon: A Dictionary of Brexit
The vote by the British people to leave the European Union has
given rise to a plethora of new words such as 'Brexit'. 'Brexit' itself
is now defined in the Oxford English dictionary as: (noun) A term
for the potential departure of the United Kingdom from the
European Union.
Below I've listed some of the other words and phrases - some
common, some not so common - that have been invented to define
what Brexit means. I've begun to link to examples where I can
find them. I discussed the Brexicon in a piece for the LSE's Brexit blog.
This dictionary first appeared on my old blog. The original can be found here.
I'll update this page as I find new words or they emerge (and will get around to putting them all into alphabetical order). Please email me with any suggestions.
Terms
101 Brexits
Amazing technicolour dreambrexit
B-Day (the day Brexit is scheduled to happen, 29 March 2019)
BINO (Brexit In Name Only)
Br(EEA)xit (UK exit from the EEA)
Breadxit (Brexit and baking)
Brelete (your account)
Brentry (Britain's joining the EEC in 1973)
Breunion (the Breunion Boys are a boyband committed to winning back the UK)
Brexart (the cultural impact of Brexit)
Brexatom (UK exit from the European Atomic Energy Community - EURATOM)
Brexchosis (Brexit psychosis)
Brexfit (a workout session designed and run by Gym Box)
Brexican stand-off (stand-off mainly over what the UK owes the EU)
Brexicide
Brexicology (the study of the Brexicon)
Brexicon (the lexicon of Brexit)
Brexiety (Brexit anxiety)
Brexilicious
Brexistential crisis which leads to the Brexit Five stages of Grief (also here):
1. Brenial
2. Branger
3. Brargaining
4. Brepression or debression
5. Bracceptance or euukceptance.
Brexitey (Brexit anxiety)
Brexiteers / Brexiter
Brexitgate
'Brexitjuice, Brexitjuice, Brexitjuice'
Brexitsphere
Brexit Virus (a strain of hepatitis V found in sausages)
Brexlicker (Brexit stamps)
Brexlit (the literature of Brexit)
Brexmas (Have a merry one...)
Brexpats (in Spain, Portugal etc.)
Brexshit (...hitting the fan)
Brexsplit (UK divides in its membership of the EU, with Scotland remaining inside)
Brextortion
BRINO (BRexit In Name Only)
Broxit (Elmar Brok MEP's expenses)
Brump (Brexit and Trump)
The Bye-EU Tapestry (c/o the Sun)
Chateau Brexit (Brexit causes an increase in the price of wine)
Creme Brulee Brexit (hard Brexit on the surface but inside it's a soft Brexit)
Elexit (the 2017 UK General Election)
Fifty shades of Brexit (and Article 50 Shades of Brexit)
Hard Brexxxit (a political porn parody)
Neglexit (the opportunity costs of Brexit)
Part Brexit
Prexit (a pretend Brexit and the exit of cash from prime funds in the City)
Prexit (Resignation of Priti Patel MP)
Re-Leavers (Remain voters who have changed their support to Leave)
Remain-ia (also see, Romania)
Rexit (dogs exiting Crufts)
Scoxit (Scottish exit from the UK)
Shexit (The Shetland Islands exit from Scotland in the case of a Scoxit)
Slow Brexit (taking Brexit one careful step at a time)
Smexit ('smart Brexit')
Therexit (Theresa May's exit from 10 Downing St)
Threxit (the UK's negotiating threats)
Trexit (Theresa May's exit)
UKxit (UK exit from the EU, which is different to Britain's exit which would not include Northern Ireland)
Wrexit (to wreck Brexit)
Zaxit (the defeat of Zac Goldsmith)
Other EU member states/regions
(Credit for some of these goes to a piece by Quartz)
Austria - Auxit, Outstria, Ousterreich.
Belgium - Beljump, Bailgium.
Bulgaria - Nullgaria.
Croatia - Noatia, Heaveatska.
Cyprus - Byeprus, Nicoseeya.
Czech Republic - Czexit, Czech-out, Czech-off.
Denmark - Dexit, Dumpark, Donemark, Copenhatin'.
Estonia - Egresstonia, Eschewia, Extonia.
Finland - Fin-land, Helsinkhole, Finish.
France - Frexit, Fraurevoir, AdiEU, Oui out, Fruck-off.
Germany - Berlout, Deutschleave, Angeleave Merkel.
Greece - Grexit.
Hungary - Full, Donegary.
Ireland - Retireland, Dublout, Byerland, Irexit, Eirexit.
Italy - Itexit, Italexit, Italight, Outaly, Quitaly.
Latvia - Leavia, Lat-me-out.
Lithuania - Lithawaynia.
Luxembourg - Luxdisembark, Luxgetouttahere.
Malta - Malternative, Halta, Maltavista.
Netherlands - Nexit, Neverlands, Ditch.
Poland - Noland, Polskedaddle, Withdrarsaw, Pole-vault, Polend.
Portugal - Portugo, Departugal, Abortugal.
Romania - Roamania, Bucharrest, (also see, Remain-ia)
Slovakia - Forsakia, Slovacate.
Slovenia - Govenia, Sleavenia.
Spain - Spexit, Españope, Madriddance, Spalida.
Sweden - Swedesert, Sweparture, Swedone, Swexit.
Others
Calexit (the splitting of California)
Canadexit (people fleeing to Canada to escape Trump or Brexit)
Clexit (withdrawal from climate change agreements)
Kexit (Kurdistan's exit from Iraq)
Rexit (Rex Tillerson's departure from the State Department)
USA American Brexit (i.e. Donald Trump)
Waxit (Western Australia's exit from the Commonwealth of Australia)
Film, TV and Song Versions
(Credit for some of these goes to the wonderful Facebook Group, 'I'm sorry I haven't a clue appreciation society.')
Brexit is as Brexit does
Brexit is like a box of chocolates: you never know what you're gonna get
Everything you wanted to know about Brexit, but were afraid to ask
Cassabrexit
My Big Fat Greek Brexit
No Sleep Till Brexit
Last Exit to Brexit
Seven Brides for Seven Brexits
The Good the Bad and the Brexit
Truly, Madly, Brexit
Brexit Actually
Brexit through the looking glass
Minority Brexit
The Neverending Brexit
I, Brexit
A Brexit Too Far
Brexit Day
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Brexit
The Seven Year Brexit
Crazy Little Thing Called Brexit
House of the Rising Brexit
Gone With the Brexit
Deep Brexit
Now That's What I Call Brexit!
Brexit at Tiffany's
No Brexit No Cry
Show Me The Way to Brexit
A Hard Day's Brexit
The Nightmare Before Brexit
Debbie Does Brexit
The Incredible Brexit
There Once Was an Ugly Brexit
Billion Dollar Brexit
Monty Python's The Meaning Of Brexit
The Hitchhikers Guide to Brexit
You Got Brexit!
Brexit, Minister
1001 Things to do Before you Brexit
A Tale of Two Brexits (It was the best of Brexit, it was the worst of Brexit...)
Much Ado About Brexit
The Brexit Chronicles
No Brexit Please, We're British
The Man From Brexit
Full Metal Brexit
Dr Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Brexit
00Brexit (see here for a piece discussing Bond, Brexit and Trump)
A View to a Brexit
Brexit and Let Brexit
Brexit Another Day
Brexit Never Dies
Licence to Brexit
The Brexit is Not Enough
Dr Brexit
Poems
Brian Bilston's '57 varieties of Brexit'
Updated: 11 February 2020
