Bremain
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɹɪˈmeɪn/
Proper noun
Bremain
- (UK politics) The fact of the United Kingdom remaining in the European Union.
- 2016 February 21, Timothy Garton Ash, “Whether Brexit or Bremain, fear will triumph over fear”, in The Guardian:
- Brexit or Bremain? That is the question British voters may have to answer in just five months’ time on 23 June, if David Cameron’s renegotiation ends with a deal at the EU summit in February.
- 2016 June 25, Jon Austin, “Could London become an EU state? Calls for independence after capital votes to Bremain”, in Express:
- But today the disconnect was heightened further as London's army of Bremain-backing resident called on the city's new mayor Sadiq Khan, to declare Greater London and its nine million population an independent state.
Verb
Bremain (third-person singular simple present Bremains, present participle Bremaining, simple past and past participle Bremained)
- (of Britain) To remain in the European Union.
- 2016 June 8, Steve Richards, “Harry Potter play exposes the social apartheid in our theatre”, in The Guardian:
- Bremaining is perceived as a young person’s interest, with Brexiting supposedly the preserve of grumpy oldsters who are moreover more schooled in the tiresome pencil-and-paper business of voting, as opposed to liking, RT-ing, etc.
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