And as to the rest of us - peoples and nations of the world, that is (but more especially European ones)...the mind simply boggles at the possibilities... . Let's see, just for starters, we have - potentially - a: *Nexit (no longer evidently, following the Netherlands' recent election). *Frexit (let's see how the French go in their upcoming presidential election). *Gerxit (Germany's election hasteneth greatly also, though the word rhymes with a less than complimentary anglicism!) But how do the other - long-term - European nations fare?
Well, Spain would undergo a *Spexit - Portugal a *Porexit, i.e. a really bad Euro-exit! - Belgium a *Belexit (they'd really go ballistic, which makes a lot of sense when you think about it, since they're the very base, the veritable heartland of the 'European Project', alongside little 'ole Luxembourg, which'd experience a *Luxit or Lexit, probably pretty similar to Belgium, only more ambiguous... .
In brief, we'd also have a *De-exit (for Denmark), the Danes being contrarians by nature - a *Swexit (for Sweden), the Swedes invariably (furiously) sweating it - and a *Fixit for the Finns, Finland ever being a bit of a fix-it society, or at least *Finxit (i.e. thinking it if not always carrying though on their grand resolve.) In other words the Finns'd fix the whole thing (i.e. the European Project) from top to bottom and inside out!
As far as the present-day constituent members of the United Kingdom are concerned, well, in addition to the general(ized) Brexit, how about *Scotchit (sure, a bit of a (linguistic) stretch, but it not only speaks for itself - something the Scots have never been backward about coming forward to do, but it does perfect justice to the Scottish position without doing huge injustice or disservice to the English language); *Walexit (i.e. "We'll exit", seemingly the Welsh response in their assent in the recent referendum, or even 'well-exit', indicating an all's well that end's well attitude to the whole thing); The Northern Irish could be *Nixit (which again fits with their - overall - remain position, even suggesting the whole enterprise of brexiting should not only be nixed, or nipped at the bud, but even, for good measure, nuked if necessary (not to put too strong a point upon it!) The Irish themselves, looking on **askance from the sidelines as it were, are aptly enough in an *Irkxit about the whole affair, while the English themselves simply want to *Exit once and for all - end of story!
Yet as to all the other current - or future 'wannabe' - European nations: to be continued (soon enough)...
**Appropriately enough, according to my ever handy Chambers Concise Disctionary, to look or view [something] askance means: 'to look (at) with disdain, disapprobation, envy, or (now usually) suspicion'!
Interesting read as always David! - Ben
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