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Regrexit

/ɹɪˈɡɹɛɡ.zɪt/

Regrexit noun: a feeling of regret about Brexit taking place, or about having voted for it.

Noun

Regrexit (uncountable)

  1. (UK) A feeling of regret about Brexit taking place, or about having voted for it.
    • Labour has one chance now. To emerge within weeks as Britain's centrist "Regrexit Unionist" party. If it did that, even I might forgive it.2016 June 24, Carl Gardner (@carlgardner), Twitter, archived from the original on 02 Nov 2016
    • There are leave voters who confessed to reporters that they never thought their side would actually win, that their vote had only ever been intended as a protest, presumed to be safe because surely everyone else would vote the other way. […] A Twitter user came up with a new coinage for this rapid...2016 June 24, Jonathan Freedland, “For the 48%, this was a day of despair: Soon we will become little Britain. The signs of Regrexit are cold comfort for those of us who voted to remain.”, in The...

Examples of Regrexit in a sentence

  • From reports, the UK is moving rapidly from Brexit to Regrexit.2016 June 26, Abhidevananda <abhide...@sarkarverse.org>, “Re: Brexit”, in uk.philosophy.humanism (Usenet), message-ID...
  • In the spirit of Brexit, these attitudes even have their own media-friendly nickname: Bregret or Regrexit.2016 June 27, Adam Taylor, “Bregret? Regrexit? Don't bet on it.”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 06 Oct 2016:
  • There were many reasons for the Leave vote, and Regrexit is now gaining momentum.2016 June 29, Anna Wallis, “Brexit lessons here”, in Wanganui Chronicle, archived from the original on 12 Jul 2016:
  • Within a few days, petitions to re-do the vote emerged with more than four million signatures, known as 'Regrexit.'2017, Markus M.L. Crepaz, European Democracies, Routledge, →ISBN:

Origin of Regrexit

Blend of regret + Brexit, said to have been coined on 24 June 2016 by one Carl Gardner in a Twitter post (see quotations) following the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum on 23 June 2016.

Words formed from Regrexit

Words that rhyme with Regrexit

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Questions about Regrexit

What does Regrexit mean?
Regrexit means a feeling of regret about Brexit taking place, or about having voted for it.
How do you use Regrexit in a sentence?
From reports, the UK is moving rapidly from Brexit to Regrexit.
What part of speech is Regrexit?
Regrexit is a noun.
How do you pronounce Regrexit?
Regrexit is pronounced /ɹɪˈɡɹɛɡ.zɪt/.

Words near Regrexit in the dictionary

  1. regretteth
  2. regretting
  3. regrettingly
  4. regrettings
  5. regrew
  6. Regrexit
  7. regrexiteer
  8. regrexiteers
  9. regrind
  10. regrindable
  11. regrinder

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