Grexit
Athens leaves Brussels
Grexit is a blend of Greece and exit, referring to the hypothetical withdrawal of Greece from the eurozone or European Union.
The term emerged during the European debt crisis of the early 2010s, when Greece's financial instability raised questions about whether it could remain in the currency union: Markets plunged on Grexit fears.
The word spawned imitators like Brexit.
Preset standard option
- bailoutEmergency aid preventing bankruptcy
- debtMoney owed another
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- IMFGlobal economic assistance organization
troika · bonds · restructuring · insolvency · creditors · loans · drachma · devaluation
Direct vote on legislation
- EurozoneSingle-currency economic area
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- membershipState of belonging
vote · negotiation · treaty · parliament · independence · secession · populism · nationalism
Greece's capital city
- 2015A calendar year
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
- deadlineTime limit for completion
Merkel · brinkmanship · ultimatum · contagion · instability · collapse · turmoil · standoff
Word combining two others
- coinageInvented term or currency
- blendCombine into mixture
- buzzwordTrendy jargon, often hollow
- headlineNews article title
media · terminology · wordplay · vocabulary · journalistic
default
Preset standard option
- bailoutEmergency aid preventing bankruptcy
- debtMoney owed another
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
IMF · troika · bonds · restructuring · insolvency · creditors · loans · drachma · devaluation · bankruptcy
referendum
Direct vote on legislation
- EurozoneSingle-currency economic area
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
membership · vote · negotiation · treaty · parliament · independence · secession · populism · nationalism · renegotiation
Athens
Greece's capital city
Merkel · deadline · brinkmanship · ultimatum · contagion · instability · collapse · turmoil · standoff · impasse
portmanteau
Word combining two others
headline · media · terminology · wordplay · vocabulary · journalistic
- portmanteausbrunch, smog, motel, spork, chortle
- Modern EuropeEU, European Union, euro, eurozone, European Parliament
- Modern GreeceConstantine I, bouzouki, taverna, ouzo, name days
- EuroscepticismEuroscepticism, euroskeptic, UKIP, Brexiteer, national sovereignty
- political buzzwordswoke, wokeness, virtue signaling, virtue signal, dog whistle