English word senses marked with topical category "Brexit"

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Total 40 word senses

• Article 50 (Noun) Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon which holds the EU's exit clause, allowing and setting out rules for countries leaving the European Union.
• Backstop (Proper name) A proposed seamless border between Ireland and Northern Ireland in the event of Brexit.
• Bregret (Noun) Regret about Brexit (or voting in favour of Brexit).
• Bremain (Proper name) The fact of the United Kingdom remaining in the European Union.
• Bremainer (Noun) Someone in favour of Britain remaining within the European Union.
• Brexit (Proper name) Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.
• Brexit Party (Proper name) A British single-issue trans-European political party of the European Parliament dedicated to extracting Great Britain from the European Union
• Brexiteer (Noun) Someone who supports Brexit, the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union.
• Brexiter (Noun) Synonym of Brexiteer
• Brexitish (Adjective) Resembling or characteristic of Brexit, or the attitudes thought to underlie it.
• Brexitism (Noun) The political and economic philosophies associated with Brexit.
• Brexitland (Noun) Territory submitted to Brexit rules (either United Kingdom and/or Great Britain after Brexit).
• Brexity (Adjective) Characteristic of Brexit, or the attitudes thought to underlie it; parochial, jingoistic.
• Brexocalypse (Proper name) The negative economic and political impact of Brexit.
• Brexodus (Noun) The departure of people or companies from the UK due to Brexit.
• Brexshit (Proper name) Brexit.
• Britsceptic (Noun) A person who is critical of Brexit.
• Chequers agreement (Proper name) A white paper published in July 2018 outlining the relationship the UK was seeking with the European Union after Brexit.
• Chequers plan (Proper name) Synonym of Chequers agreement
• ERG (Proper name) Initialism of European Research Group (“Eurosceptic/pro-Brexit publicly funded political activist group subdivision of the UK Conservatives”).
• Faragism (Noun) The ideology, practice, philosophy and politics espoused by British nationalist autonomist sovereigntist politician Nigel Farage, the UK Independence Party (UKIP), and, Reform UK.
• Leaver (Noun) Someone who supports Brexit, the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union.
• Little Englander (Noun) A bigoted, xenophobic, and nationalistic English person.
• Little Englander (Noun) Someone unaware of the world outside England.
• Little Englander (Noun) Someone who advocated an end to the British Empire.
• Norway-plus (Noun) A proposal for a post-Brexit settlement that would have consisted of membership of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and the European Economic Area as an EFTA member state, combined with a separate customs union with the European Union.
• Regrexit (Noun) A feeling of regret about Brexit taking place, or about having voted for it.
• Remainer (Noun) Someone who supports the United Kingdom remaining within the European Union.
• Remainiac (Noun) One who opposes the idea of Brexit and wishes the United Kingdom to remain a member of the European Union.
• Remoaner (Noun) A Remainer; one who complains about or rejects the outcome of the 2016 referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union.
• Singapore-on-Thames (Proper name) A proposed model for the United Kingdom after Brexit, involving laissez-faire free trade unencumbered by regulation.
• chaperone (Noun) An employee sent by a British company to the European Union to work with a client there, to circumvent restrictions imposed after Brexit.
• divorce bill (Noun) The payment to be given to the EU on the UK's exit of the European Union, estimated at around £39bn.
• hard Brexit (Proper name) The withdrawal of the United Kingdom both from the European Union and from European institutions (e.g. the European single market or the European Union Customs Union).
• max fac (Noun) A rejected proposal to resolve the Irish border issue of Brexit by introducing technology and legislation that would streamline customs arrangements; ultimately the Northern Ireland Protocol was implemented instead.
• post-Brexit (Adjective) Referring to the time after the UK leaves the EU.
• pre-Brexit (Adjective) Referring to the time before Brexit.
• regrexiteer (Noun) A person suffering from regrexit (a feeling of regret about Brexit taking place, or about having voted for it).
• rejoiner (Noun) Someone who wants the United Kingdom to join the European Union again.
• soft Brexit (Proper name) The (hypothetical) withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union while generally remaining in European institutions (e.g. the European single market or customs union).

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