Bregret
English
This English term is a hot word. Its inclusion on Wiktionary is provisional.Etymology
Brexit + regret
Noun
Bregret (countable and uncountable, plural Bregrets)
- (neologism) Regret about Brexit.
- 2022 November 22, Mark Landler, “Buffeted by Economic Woes, U.K. Starts to Look at Brexit With ‘Bregret’”, in The New York Times, ISSN 0362-4331:
- Brexit may be in the history books, but “Bregret,” as the British newspapers have called it, is back in the air.
- 2022 December 23, Matthew Goodwin, “Brexit regrets? Britain has a few”, in The Spectator:
- A creeping sense of Bregret is taking hold in Britain. A majority of Brits now say that the vote for Britain leaving the EU was a mistake.
- 2023 January 31, Polly Toynbee, “Three years on from Brexit, all UK voters are left with is a bitter taste of Bregret”, in The Guardian, ISSN 0261-3077:
- Three years on from Brexit, all UK voters are left with is a bitter taste of Bregret [title]
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