Talk:Brexit

Updated Reference

In the Oxford English Dictionary since August 2015. Huggi (talk) 04:03, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

Brexiteer

Brexiteer (one who supports Brexit) has a number of recent hits, but few from last year and none from earlier, and may not pass CFI yet. Keith the Koala (talk)

Other words to keep an eye on

Pexit, Nexit Swexit, Dexit, Gerxit, Gexit, Spexit, Itexit, Italeave, Netherlexit, Texit DTLHS (talk) 20:58, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

RFV discussion: November 2016–April 2017

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Brexit

Rfv-sense verb. Hot word status might be advisable, as well as some rewording of the def. —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 03:38, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

It's pretty easy to find durably archived sources from 2015 and 2016 - here are three. The 2015 one is just a chapter heading, but I included it because it is the oldest use as a verb I could find in book form:

• 2015, Stefano Francesco Fugazzi, Brexit?, →ISBN, page 27:

  Brexiting the EU, not leaving Europe

• 2016, Maureen Dowd, The Year of Voting Dangerously: The Derangement of American Politics, →ISBN:

  Parisiens I had talked to were universally disgusted: with David Cameron, for holding the vote; with the British, for Brexiting;

• 2016, Owen Bennet, The Brexit Club: The Inside Story of the Leave Campaign’s Shock Victory, →ISBN:

  Farage recalls: What was clear from that polling was that in June 2015 the most trusted person in the country on whether to Brexit or not to Brexit was David Cameron.

Kiwima (talk) 19:42, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

I have adjusted my original definition in an attempt to make it better fit all the actual usages observed. Please anyone make any improvements you see fit. Mihia (talk) 20:22, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

Someone has removed the RFV, which seems appropriate. I would agree that this has passed. — This unsigned comment was added by Kiwima (talk • contribs) at 19:10, 8 April 2017.

It is still being used very frequently in UK media.John Cross (talk) 04:52, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ @Mx. Granger, the discussion indicated that another editor had passed the request, so I assumed that action had already been taken on it. No further discussion took place for over 80 days. — SMUconlaw (talk) 06:52, 9 April 2017 (UTC)

This is a confusing situation, so please correct me if I'm mistaken, but I think the closing comment was left by Kiwima on 8 April 2017 (yesterday). There may have been confusion because the comment was left in between two earlier comments by other users and was originally unsigned. —Granger (talk · contribs) 11:14, 9 April 2017 (UTC)

Ah, I see. I was relying on the "80 days" notice generated by the archiving tool. — SMUconlaw (talk) 15:39, 9 April 2017 (UTC)

Brexit as adjective

Is Brexit an adjective, for instance in: The Northern Ireland Protocol was a part of the European Union and United Kingdom's Brexit agreement.

No it's not. "Brexit agreement" is a noun, more specifically a compound noun. Morgengave (talk) 13:43, 4 December 2021 (UTC)

So it is a w:Noun adjunct

But what about cut-in in The Cut-in scenario is a special case of lane change in which a car traveling in the same direction as the DUT pulls into the lane ahead of the DUT.

Cut-in scenario is a compound noun as scenario is a noun. cut in is a verb and cut-in is a noun. Does this mean that this sentence should illustrate the cut-in' page as a noun, or the cut in as a verb?

It's better to ask these questions on the talk page of relevant entry or in the Wiktionary:Tea room, as this has nothing to do with "Brexit". Generally, I do recommend illustrating noun usage as simply as possible (i.e. show how it's used as a single word rather than as a part of a compound noun). Morgengave (talk) 00:27, 6 December 2021 (UTC)