Remoaner

English

Etymology

Blend of Remainer +‎ moaner.

Pronunciation

Noun

Remoaner (plural Remoaners)

  1. (UK politics, derogatory) A Remainer; one who complains about or rejects the outcome of the 2016 referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union.
    • 2023 September 11, David Maddox, “Remoaner group who handed out EU flags at BBC Proms named and shamed after funding plea”, in Daily Express‎:
    • 2023 May 19, Jonathan Freedland, “They’re openly saying it: Brexit has failed. But what comes next may be very dark indeed”, in The Guardian‎:
      For others, it’s the Blob or the “remoaner elite”, made up of the civil service, the BBC, the universities, the unions: anyone who, along with desperate refugees in small boats, can be blamed for standing between Britain and the promised Brexit nirvana.
    • 2022 June 18, Grant Rollings, “The Sun’s Remoaner Watch is on the lookout for evidence of Remoanery”, in The Sun‎:
      Today, the Sun launches Remoaner Watch – starting with leading figures from the world of ­politics and the media (plus the entire BBC) for whom a love of all things EU still burns bright.

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