eurocreep

Noun capitalized: Eurocreep

Eurocreep (countable and uncountable, plural Eurocreeps)

1. (dated, uncountable) The spreading use of the Euro as currency in countries that have not officially adopted it.
   • On the other hand, so-called 'Eurocreep' (Economist 2002b) is not sufficient in itself to overcome reticence in the UK about membership of the Euro, which is why detailed debate needs to take place to inform people of the benefits of EMU ...2002 February, Benito Giordano, “Euro (sceptic) land: a response to Pollard and Sidaway”, in Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers
   • Drew warned of the danger of "Eurocreep", ...2002, Financial Management, page 35
2. (broadly, countable, derogatory) A proponent, in the 1980s, of closer ties between Britain and the European community.
   • 'John doesn't speak any French', explained the wife of one highly-placed British Eurocreep, 'and his secretary is French, so of course that makes things quite difficult for him.'1983, Rosalind Miles, Danger!: Men at Work, page 198
   • The Eurocreeps have written for her a really loathsome text, wallowing in rejection of our own national identity, which has come up to me for comment in the trade context.2011, Alan Clark, Ion Trewin, Alan Clark: A Life in his Own Words, →ISBN