Thursday, November 24, 2016

From Brexit to Trump: Transatlantic Allies in an era of unpredictability

A piece written with Geoffrey Harris for EurActiv: http://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/opinion/from-brexit-to-trump-transatlantic-allies-in-an-era-of-unpredictability/


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Sunday, November 20, 2016

Speaking in Berlin, London and Ottawa

I'll be in Berlin, London and Ottawa over the next two weeks. Events detailed below.

Berlin: Dahrendorf Forum Workshop series 'Brexit and Europe', 24-25 November.


London: I'll be chairing the event 'Transatlantic Relations after the Election: Next generation perspectives', Monday 28 November, 6:30-8pm, LSE


Ottawa: I'll be speaking at the University of Ottawa, 'Goodbye Britannia? Brexit and Britain's Approach to International Relations' 12-1:30pm, 1 December, University of Ottawa. 


Ottawa: I'll also be speaking to the LSE's Ottawa alumni group at 6:30pm on 1 December. 
'Everything you always wanted to know about Brexit (But were afraid to ask)'



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Thursday, November 17, 2016

Transatlantic Relations After the Election: Next Generation Perspectives

On Monday 28 November I'll be chairing the following discussion on the future of transatlantic relations with some of the contributors to a report I edited this summer. 

 Details here: http://www.lse.ac.uk/IDEAS/EVENTS/events/2016/16-11-28-transatlantic.aspx 

 Monday 28th November, 6.30-8pm, Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE 


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A Dictionary of Brexit




As of October 2019 an UPDATED version of this dictionary can be found on timothyoliver.com/brexicon 

 The vote by the British people to leave the European Union has given rise to a plethora of new words such as 'Brexit'. 'Brexit' itself is now defined in the Oxford English dictionary as: (noun) A term for the potential departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union.

Below I've listed some of the other words and phrases - some common, some not so common - that have been invented to define what Brexit means. I've begun to link to examples where I can find them. I discussed the Brexicon in a piece for the LSE's Brexit blog. 

I'll update this page as I find new words or they emerge (and will get around to putting them all into alphabetical order). Please email me with any suggestions, examples and links - timloliver@gmail.com 

Terms

101 Brexits
Amazing technicolour dreambrexit
B-Day (the day Brexit is scheduled to happen, 29 March 2019)
BINO (Brexit In Name Only)
Brarmageddon
Br(EEA)xit (UK exit from the EEA)
Breadxit (Brexit and baking)
Brelete (your account)
Brentry (Britain's joining the EEC in 1973)
Breprehensible
Breturn
Breunion (the Breunion Boys are a boyband committed to winning back the UK)
Brevestation
Brex-girlfriend
Brexart (the cultural impact of Brexit)
Brexatom (UK exit from the European Atomic Energy Community - EURATOM)
Brexchosis (Brexit psychosis) 
Brexfit (a workout session designed and run by Gym Box)
Brexican stand-off (stand-off mainly over what the UK owes the EU)
Brexicide
Brexicology (the study of the Brexicon)
Brexicon (the lexicon of Brexit)
Brexiety (Brexit anxiety)
Brexilicious 
Brexistential crisis which leads to the Brexit Five stages of Grief (also here):
  1. Brenial
  2. Branger
  3. Brargaining
  4. Brepression or debression
  5. Bracceptance or euukceptance.
Brexitey (Brexit anxiety)
Brexit over easy
Brexiteers / Brexiter
Brexiternity 
Brexitgate
'Brexitjuice, Brexitjuice, Brexitjuice'
Brexitology
Brexitologists
Brexitsphere
Brexit Virus (a strain of hepatitis V found in sausages)
Brexlicker (Brexit stamps)
Brexlit (the literature of Brexit)
Brexmas (Have a merry one...)
Brexodus
Brexorcist
Brexpats (in Spain, Portugal etc.)
Brexpulsion
Brexshit (...hitting the fan)
Brexsplit (UK divides in its membership of the EU, with Scotland remaining inside)
Brextension
Brextinct 
Brextremist
Brextortion
BRINO (BRexit In Name Only)
Broxit (Elmar Brok MEP's expenses)
Bruck off
Brump (Brexit and Trump)
The Bye-EU Tapestry (c/o the Sun)
Chateau Brexit (Brexit causes an increase in the price of wine)
Continental Brexit
Creme Brulee Brexit (hard Brexit on the surface but inside it's a soft Brexit)
Elastic Brexit
Elexit (the 2017 UK General Election)
Fifty shades of Brexit (and Article 50 Shades of Brexit)
Hard Brexit
Hard Brexxxit (a political porn parody)
Long Brexit
Neglexit (the opportunity costs of Brexit)
Part Brexit
Prexit (a pretend Brexit and the exit of cash from prime funds in the City)
Prexit (Resignation of Priti Patel MP)
Regrexit
Re-Leavers (Remain voters who have changed their support to Leave)
Remaidstone
Remain-ia (also see, Romania) 
Schrödinger's Brexit
Scoxit (Scottish exit from the UK)
Shexit (The Shetland Islands exit from Scotland in the case of a Scoxit)
Slow Brexit (taking Brexit one careful step at a time)
Smexit ('smart Brexit')
Soft Brexit
Therexit (Theresa May's exit from 10 Downing St)
Threxit (the UK's negotiating threats)
Train crash Brexit
Trexit (Theresa May's exit)
UKxit (UK exit from the EU, which is different to Britain's exit which would not include Northern Ireland)
Unprotected Brexit
Wrexit (to wreck Brexit)
Zaxit (the defeat of Zac Goldsmith)

Other EU member states/regions
(Credit for some of these goes to a piece by Quartz)

Austria - Auxit, Outstria, Ousterreich.
Belgium - Beljump, Bailgium.
Bulgaria - Nullgaria.
Croatia - Noatia, Heaveatska.
Cyprus - Byeprus, Nicoseeya.
Czech Republic - Czexit, Czech-out, Czech-off.
Denmark - Dexit, Dumpark, Donemark, Copenhatin'.
Estonia - Egresstonia, Eschewia, Extonia.
Finland - Fin-land, Helsinkhole, Finish.
France - Frexit, Fraurevoir, AdiEU, Oui out, Fruck-off.
Germany - Berlout, Deutschleave, Angeleave Merkel. 
Greece - Grexit.
Hungary - Full, Donegary. 
Ireland - Retireland, Dublout, Byerland, Irexit, Eirexit. 
Italy - Itexit, Italexit, Italight, Outaly, Quitaly.
Latvia - Leavia, Lat-me-out.
Lithuania - Lithawaynia.
Luxembourg - Luxdisembark, Luxgetouttahere. 
Malta - Malternative, Halta, Maltavista.
Netherlands - Nexit, Neverlands, Ditch.
Poland - Noland, Polskedaddle, Withdrarsaw, Pole-vault, Polend.
Portugal - Portugo, Departugal, Abortugal.
Romania - Roamania, Bucharrest, (also see, Remain-ia)
Slovakia - Forsakia, Slovacate. 
Slovenia - Govenia, Sleavenia. 
Spain - Spexit, Españope, Madriddance, Spalida.
Sweden - Swedesert, Sweparture, Swedone, Swexit. 

Others
Calexit (the splitting of California)
Canadexit (people fleeing to Canada to escape Trump or Brexit)
Clexit (withdrawal from climate change agreements)
Kexit (Kurdistan's exit from Iraq)
Rexit (Rex Tillerson's departure from the State Department)
USA American Brexit (i.e. Donald Trump)
Waxit (Western Australia's exit from the Commonwealth of Australia)

Film, TV and Song Versions
(Credit for some of these goes to the wonderful Facebook Group, 'I'm sorry I haven't a clue appreciation society.')

Brexit is as Brexit does
Cassabrexit
My Big Fat Greek Brexit
No Sleep Till Brexit
Last Exit to Brexit
Seven Brides for Seven Brexits 
Truly, Madly, Brexit
Brexit Actually
Minority Brexit
The Neverending Brexit
I, Brexit
A Brexit Too Far
Brexit Day
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Brexit
The Seven Year Brexit
Crazy Little Thing Called Brexit
House of the Rising Brexit
Gone With the Brexit
Deep Brexit
Now That's What I Call Brexit!
Brexit at Tiffany's
No Brexit No Cry
Show Me The Way to Brexit
A Hard Day's Brexit
The Nightmare Before Brexit
Debbie Does Brexit
The Incredible Brexit
There Once Was an Ugly Brexit
Billion Dollar Brexit
You Got Brexit!
Brexit, Minister
1001 Things to do Before you Brexit
A Tale of Two Brexits (It was the best of Brexit, it was the worst of Brexit...)
Much Ado About Brexit
The Brexit Chronicles 
The Man From Brexit
Full Metal Brexit

00Brexit (see here for a piece discussing Bond, Brexit and Trump)

A View to a Brexit
Brexit and Let Brexit
Brexit Another Day
Brexit Never Dies
Licence to Brexit
The Brexit is Not Enough
You only Brexit twice
Dr Brexit

 Poems

 Brian Bilston's '57 varieties of Brexit'

Updated 19 April 2019. 
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