Meanings
- Former name of Brexit.First known use c. 2011–2015
Yet the chances of Britain leaving the EU in the next few years are higher than they have ever been. A Brixit looms for several reasons.
2012 June 21, “Bagehot” [pseudonym], “A Brixit looms”, in The Economist, archived from the original on 21 Jun 20123 more examples
The reason for the increasing likelihood of what some are terming a 'Brixit' (short for British exit, like Grexit for Greek exit) is quite simple.
2012 June 22, Iain Murray, “Bring on the ‘Brixit’: EU withdrawal would bring benefits for both Britain and the US”, in Daily Mail, archived from the original on 21 Jun 2016Moreover, the upstart UK Independence Party (UKIP), which urged a 'Brixit,' seemed poised to attract significant numbers of Conservative and Labour voters.
2014, Heinrich Best, John Higley, “Introduction”, in Heinrich Best, John Higley, editors, Political Elites in the Transatlantic Crisis, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBNBrixit: Term used in the British press starting in June 2012 for the possible exit of Britain from the European Union[…]. The term was devised as analogous to the term grexit[…].
2014, Alan V. Deardorff, Terms of Trade: Glossary of International Economics, 2nd edition, Singapore: World Scientific, →ISBN, page 40
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