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Scexit en · PROPN

Etymology

Blend of Scotland + exit, by analogy with Brexit.

Meanings

  1. (UK) The (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:

Coordinates

Brexit

Relateds

Calexit · Texit · Wexit · Frexit · Grexit · Quexit · Brexit