Regrexit

English Etymology en :blend regret Brexit 1 en 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. Pronunciation en /ɹɪˈɡɹɛɡ.zɪt/ /ɹɪˈɡɹɛk.sɪt/ en ɛksɪt ɛɡzɪt 3 Noun - en UK politics A feeling of regret about Brexit taking place, or about having voted for it. from 24 June 2016. en Bregret en 24 June 2016 carlgardner 746300164277665792 Carl Gardner https://web.archive.org/web/20161102201300/https://twitter.com/carlgardner/status/746300164277665792 2 November 2016 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. en w: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. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jun/25/48-britain-regrexit-voted-remaon https://web.archive.org/web/20160913081429/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jun/25/48-britain-regrexit-voted-remaon 13 September 2016 w:The Guardian London 24 June 2016 subtitle 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 form of buyer's remorse: Regrexit. When some of those leave voters see that Brexit has not brought back the good jobs of old, that housing is still in desperately short supply and that a migrant family still lives round the corner, the Regrexit sentiment will grow. en Abhidevananda abhide...@sarkarverse.org Re: Brexit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/uk.philosophy.humanism/-V9ep1ol-DI/8m4Ue6zYAgAJ uk.philosophy.humanism t9ybz.34812$LR2.4319@fx26.fr7 26 June 2016 From reports, the UK is moving rapidly from Brexit to Regrexit. en Adam Taylor Bregret? Regrexit? Don't bet on it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/06/27/bregret-dont-bet-on-it/ https://web.archive.org/web/20161006180653/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/06/27/bregret-dont-bet-on-it/ 6 October 2016 w:The Washington Post 27 June 2016 In the spirit of Brexit, these attitudes even have their own media-friendly nickname: Bregret or Regrexit. en Anna Wallis Brexit lessons here http://www.nzherald.co.nz/wanganui-chronicle/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503423&objectid=11665622 w:Wanganui Chronicle 29 June 2016 There were many reasons for the Leave vote, and Regrexit is now gaining momentum. 2 November 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160712000022/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/wanganui-chronicle/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503423&objectid=11665622 12 July 2016 en Markus M.L. Crepaz European Democracies https://books.google.co.in/books?id=ONInDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT355&dq=regrexit+brexit&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiDr-vov-LeAhVlqVQKHZVsAvgQ6AEILzAB#v=onepage&q=regrexit%20&f=false 2017 Routledge 1317393562 Within a few days, petitions to re-do the vote emerged with more than four million signatures, known as 'Regrexit.' en Victor O. Okocha Leadership and Development Crises in Africa: A New Approach to an Old Challenge https://books.google.com.sg/books?isbn=1480945595 234 2018 Dorrance Publishing 1317393562 There's a chance, especially with the 'Regrexit' sentiment surfacing, that the U.K. will still be part of the EU in two years. Derived terms en regrexiteer en Brexit European Union