Britain’s imminent exit from BREXIT

Custodians of the English language must be thoroughly alarmed that public relations professionals -serial abusers of languages-have transformed the verb, “exit,” into a suffix, to form a new verb, BREXIT, the act of British departure from the European Union. As you know, verbs denote action, being, or state of being, and give meaning, life, and purpose to nouns. BREXIT is Britain exiting the EU.

BREXIT, an Active Verb declares its intent without ambiguity; its mood is clearly imperative. As a Being Verb, it denotes Britain’s state of exiting the EU. But unlike most Transitive Verbs, BREXIT is complete, and doesn’t need an object to complete its meaning. It is neither an Intransitive Verb nor a Linking Verb, and thus needs no direct object.

All these grammatical gymnastics do not exactly explain BREXIT or its implications to Britain, the EU, and the rest of the world. They however affirm the resolve of Britain to leave a pre-recessionary EU. Like the Israelites who shouted “To your tent O Israel,” when King Rehoboam swore to increase their suffering, the British have left the EU whose burden they think is too much to bear.

BREXIT seeks to further exploit globalisation, contrived by Britain and America, to exploit weaker nations. Globalisation comes with the Western values of individualism, democracy, and market-driven economy that sync with the Four Freedoms – of speech, worship, want, and fear- espoused by American President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.