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Boriswave

Boriswave proper noun: the wave of immigrants that entered the United Kingdom during the premiership of Boris Johnson (2019–2022).

boriswave: the wave of immigrants that entered the United Kingdom during the premiership of Boris Johnson...
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Proper noun

the Boriswave

  1. (UK, informal) The wave of immigrants that entered the United Kingdom during the premiership of Boris Johnson (2019–2022).
    • In an interview, Johnson admitted that the so-called "Boriswave" of post-Brexit immigration was not an administrative mistake.2024 October 19, Sam Bidwell, “Labour must kick Britain's dangerous addiction to migration”, in The Telegraph
    • On the other side are Tories who worry that all this trumpeting about the potential cost of the Boriswave will just remind the public who was in charge of the rules that enabled numbers to get so out of control.2025 February 11, Rachel Cunliffe, “The 'Boriswave' problem”, in The New Statesman

Origin of Boriswave

From Boris + wave.

Questions about Boriswave

What does Boriswave mean?
Boriswave means the wave of immigrants that entered the United Kingdom during the premiership of Boris Johnson (2019–2022).
What part of speech is Boriswave?
Boriswave is a proper noun.

Words near Boriswave in the dictionary

  1. Borisisms
  2. borism
  3. Borismania
  4. Borisoff
  5. Borisov
  6. Boriswave
  7. borite
  8. Boritokay
  9. Borivali
  10. borivilianoside
  11. borivilianosides

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