Brexity

English

Etymology

From Brexit +‎ -y.

Adjective

Brexity (comparative more Brexity, superlative most Brexity)

  1. (UK, informal) Characteristic of Brexit, or the attitudes thought to underlie it; parochial, jingoistic.
    • 2016 October 26, David Greig, “Emma Rice’s exit from Shakespeare’s Globe feels a bit Brexity”, in New Statesman‎:
      It feels a bit Brexity: a pained cry from the past, “We want our Shakespearean canon back!”
    • 2018 June 7, Peter Bradshaw, “The scariest horror films ever – ranked!”, in The Guardian‎:
      It is a society that has evolved separately from Britain’s mainland and its Anglican beliefs, but it looks like an alternative reality of fiercely insular, irrational England. Is there anything more Brexity than this?
    • 2020, Eliza Clark, Boy Parts:
      She doesn't admit that I'm right — she has been distracted by a woman she has seen out of the window, limping out from a Brexity pub called The Dame's Garter with a vape dangling from her puckered lips […]
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