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Fixit

name
/ˈfɪɡ.zɪt/

Etymology

Blend of Finland + exit, modeled after Brexit.

  1. derived from exitus — “departure, going out; way by which one may go out, egress; (figuratively) conclusion, termination; (figuratively) death; income, revenue”
  2. inherited from exit
  3. compounded as fixit — “Finland + exit”

Definitions

  1. The (possible) act of Finland leaving the European Union.

    • In a statement on his official website, Vayrynen suggests that a Greek exit from the Eurozone would be an opportunity for Finland to 'Fixit' and potentially leave the EU common currency.
    • We've heard of a "Grexit" and "Brexit" to refer respectively to the threat of Greece and Britain leaving the euro zone and European Union. But now there's a "Fixit" – a Finnish exit of the single currency.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Fixit. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA