Meanings
proper noun
- UKgovernmentThe (possible) act of Scotland becoming independent from the United Kingdom.
As Brexit becomes a settled fact of life, it will still be a cause of remainer grievance. But it could also fuel reluctance to go through the same trauma all over again as “Scexit”. […] The message that Scexit would be even worse than Brexit can still be delivered, just not by Johnson himself.
2021 February 9, Rafael Behr, “Sturgeon and Johnson have made Scottish independence seem inevitable. It isn't”, in The Guardian
Origin
Blend of Scotland + exit, by analogy with Brexit.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Scexit
exitLexitAmerexitBrexitCalexitCatalexitCzexitDexitFrexitGrexithexitItalexitMegxitNexitPolexitQuexitRegrexitRoexitSwexitTasexitTexitWexit
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Cite this entry
APA
Scexit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Scexit
MLA
“Scexit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Scexit. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Scexit,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Scexit.
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