Brexicon: 10 names for Brexit supporters and opponents you should know
| Pro- Brexit | Anti- Brexit |
| 1. Brexit supporter(s) | 1. Remain supporter(s) |
| 2. Brexiteer(s), also Brexiter(s) | 2. Remainer(s) |
| 3. Leaver(s) | 3. Bremainer(s) |
| 4. Leave supporter(s) | 4. Stay supporter(s) |
| 5. Proponent(s) of Brexit | 5. Proponent(s) of Remain/Stay |
| 6. Brexit campaigner(s)/voter(s) | 6. Remain/Stay campaigner(s) /voter(s) |
| 7. Brexit side | 7. Stay side |
| 8. Eurosceptic(s) | 8. Europhile(s) |
| 9. Brexit advocates | 9. Brexit adversaries/opponents |
| 10. Gammons* | 10. Remoaners* |
Gammons* An insult to describe white middle-aged, pro-Brexit supporters. It is generally deployed to describe white men of a certain age who become pink in the face when working themselves into a rage about the European Union. The traditional meaning of 'gammon' is a type of pork meat.
Remoaners* A wordplay on ‘Remainers’ (supporters of “remaining” in the EU) and ‘moaners’ (complainers) ‘Remoaners’ is a derogatory term meaning a person who complains about Britain leaving the European Union and/or the outcome of the Brexit referendum.
See also our Brexicon article Do you know your brexiety from your Brino?
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