Remoaner

plural Remoaners

1. UKderogatorygovernmentA Remainer; one who complains about or rejects the outcome of the 2016 referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union.

   I am an unapologetic Remoaner, who regards Brexit as an unparalleled disaster.

   2018 January 4, David Millward, “Even I, a snowflake Remoaner, feel it's about time we honoured Nigel Farage”, in Daily Telegraph

   2 more examples

   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.

   2022 June 18, Grant Rollings, “The Sun’s Remoaner Watch is on the lookout for evidence of Remoanery”, in The Sun

   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.

   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

   Synonyms: Remainer, Remainiac