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The linguistic consequences of the British secession from the EU will remain with us for a long time, also leaving us with a lot of cartoons on the Internet.
The adventure story of Brexit memes begins with the creation of the word Brexit. It marks Britain’s secession from the European Union, merging “British” and “exit” as exit.
The word first appeared eight months before the referendum was announced. It was made up of EU legal expert Peter Wilding, head of the British-influenced party. Anglo-Saxon journalism loves to compress and shorten, but the “Brixit” version that appears in The Economist and Daily Mail, changing the solder of the two words for a letter and bikkit, has not finally taken root.
The term Brexit was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2016. However, this is only the beginning of a linguistic meme, as many others have emerged from this word formation over the years. Grexit was born as a possible spin-off caused by the Greek crisis and became, for example, Texit, which means the independence of the state of Texas from the United States.
There is a meme that summarizes Brexit in a single image: the marginalized cat who hesitates to stay at the door opened by her master. This metaphor reflects the lengthy negotiations between Great Britain and the European Union in verbal form in various cartoons.
The international echo of the story also seeps through the culture of the Internet. One of its most natural carriers is the international political meme comic Polandball. Another trend is memes inspired by Star Trek and Back to the Future, which point to protracted negotiations. Also interesting are the pro-Brexit self-memes, which, by processing an NWA album cover and Supa Hot Fire meme, try to inherit a kind of cool, modern abandon.
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Slideshow: cat at the door or Brexit memes
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