Bregret

English Etymology en :blend Brexit regret 1 + Noun ~ en neologism Regret about Brexit (or voting in favour of Brexit). en 2016-06-25 Lizzie Dearden Anger over 'Bregret' as Leave voters say they thought UK would stay in EU w:The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-anger-bregret-leave-voters-protest-vote-thought-uk-stay-in-eu-remain-win-a7102516.html The anxiety – dubbed “Bregret” – emerged as the value of the pound tumbled and markets crashed, while [some felt] betrayed by Nigel Farage’s admission that a Vote Leave poster pledging to spend millions of pounds supposedly given to the EU on the NHS was a “mistake”. https://web.archive.org/web/20261012000839/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-anger-bregret-leave-voters-protest-vote-thought-uk-stay-in-eu-remain-win-a7102516.html 12 October 2026 en 2016-08-10 Matthew Holehouse Is the ignorant Leave voter just a comforting myth? The Daily Telegraph The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/10/is-the-ignorant-leave-voter-just-a-comforting-myth/ Yet polling shows no ‘Bregret’ – a YouGov survey earlier this week showed 52% of voters think leaving was right and 48% wrong, mirroring the referendum result. en Mark Landler Buffeted by Economic Woes, U.K. Starts to Look at Brexit With ‘Bregret’ w:The New York Times 2022-11-22 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/22/world/europe/uk-brexit-regret.html 0362-4331 Brexit may be in the history books, but “Bregret,” as the British newspapers have called it, is back in the air. en https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/bregrets-britain-has-a-few/ Brexit regrets? Britain has a few 2022-12-23 Matthew Goodwin w:The Spectator A creeping sense of Bregret is taking hold in Britain. A majority of Brits now say that the vote for Britain leaving the EU was a mistake. https://web.archive.org/web/20251111071145/https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/bregrets-britain-has-a-few/ 11 November 2025 en Polly Toynbee Three years on from Brexit, all UK voters are left with is a bitter taste of Bregret w:The Guardian 2023-01-31 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/31/three-years-on-brexit-uk-voters-rejoining-eu-labour-europe 0261-3077 Three years on from Brexit, all UK voters are left with is a bitter taste of Bregret [title] en Brexit