Regrexit
Regrexit – noun
Regrexiteer – noun
The second thoughts sparked a hashtag, #Regrexit, and derision on social media, with Twitter user Tina Mellergaard of Denmark writing, “Pro tip: Google first. Vote later”.
Britain will remain a de facto member of the Union — we just won’t call it a Regrexit.
If you are one of the growing band of Regrexiteers who feel they’ve been sold a pup don’t think there isn’t anything you can do about it.
Nel recente post dedicato al Bregret ci siamo soffermati sulla facilità con cui in inglese si creano questi neologismi. Eccone due nuovi di zecca, apparsi sui social e sulla stampa nei giorni seguenti al risultato del referendum: i Regrexiteers, come i Bregretters, hanno votato a favore dell’uscita del Regno Unito dall’Unione Europea e ora che le implicazioni legate a quella scelta si fanno più chiare stanno avendo un ripensamento. Regrexit e Regrexiteer nascono dalla fusione di regret ed exit ma a differenza di Brexit, Bregret e simili, senza il Br- iniziale.
Origini del termine
Una caratteristica particolare di Regrexit e Regrexiteer è che per entrambi si usa la maiuscola, almeno per ora, forse per analogia con Brexit e simili. Il suffisso –eer è meno comune di –er nella formazione di nomi di agente e si ritrova, per esempio, in termini come mutineer, buccaneer, auctioneer ed electioneer.
Regrexit – noun
Regrexiteer – noun
The second thoughts sparked a hashtag, #Regrexit, and derision on social media, with Twitter user Tina Mellergaard of Denmark writing, “Pro tip: Google first. Vote later”.
Britain will remain a de facto member of the Union — we just won’t call it a Regrexit.
If you are one of the growing band of Regrexiteers who feel they’ve been sold a pup don’t think there isn’t anything you can do about it.
At the end of last week’s post on Bregret I noted the ease with which these coinages can be created. Here are two new ones that have popped up all over social and traditional media in the days since the result of the referendum was announced. Regrexiteers, like Bregretters, voted to leave the EU but are now having second thoughts as the implications of the decision sink in. Unlike Brexit, Bregret and the like, Regrexit and Regrexiteer eschew the Br- part of the equation in favour of a blend of regret and exit.
Origin
Regrexit and Regrexiteer sprang up seemingly overnight after the election result was revealed. One odd feature of these words is that so far they are being used mostly with an upper case ‘r’ at the start, presumably by analogy with Brexit and the like. The –eer suffix is a less common alternative to –er, meaning a person who does something, and is found in words like mutineer and buccaneer as well as auctioneer and electioneer.
