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>that makes me think that they think I'm an idiot and that they think they can actually manipulate me with such silliness. So "Brexit" was made up just to mani
by ComodoHacker 10y ago
>that makes me think that they think I'm an idiot and that they think they can actually manipulate me with such silliness.
So "Brexit" was made up just to manipulate British people? That's how language evolves, isn't it? New words get coined, some of them stick and stay, some go away. "Dumbocrat" won't stay for long because it carries nothing but insult.
- ppopoff 10y agoBrexit is not a pejorative corruption of a pre-existing name or term. Incidentally, it's a basically neutral coinage used by both Leave and Remain camps.
- hypnotortoise 10y agoI'd argue Brexit was a neutral coinage, same with Bremain. Those terms dominate the press because of its simplicity but have a weighting effect on its readers and are naturally directing discussion into one side of the debate.