euro-creepn.

Brit.

/ˈjʊərəʊkriːp/,

/ˈjɔːrəʊkriːp/, U.S.

/ˈjəroʊˌkrip/,

/ˈjʊroʊˌkrip/

Forms: also with capital initial(s).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Euro- comb. form, creep n.; Euro n.², creep n.

Etymology: Partly < Euro- comb. form + creep n., and partly < Euro n.² + creep n. In sense 2 after mission creep n. at mission n. Compounds 3.

Originally and chiefly British.

1. depreciative. A person in favour of greater British political and economic integration with continental Europe, regarded as servile or obnoxious. Cf. creep n. 1c(b).In later use probably with allusion to sense 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > international agreements > [noun] > customs union or common market > specific > supporter of

pro-European1924

Europeanist1956

common marketeer1957

pro-marketeer1961

Eurofanatic1967

euro-creep1982

1982 Times 20 May 30/6 His very act of rising provoked uproar among Labour backbenchers... ‘Eurocreep’..was one of the more friendly greetings.

1988 A. Clark Diary Sept. (1993) 235 The Eurocreeps have written for her a really loathsome text, wallowing in the rejection of our own national identity.

2001 Sun (Nexis) 18 Dec. Eurocreeps are trumpeting the fact that British retailers are gearing up to accept the euro.

2. The increasing use of the euro as currency or as an accounting unit in the United Kingdom; the posited gradual shift in British public opinion towards acceptance of the replacement of sterling with the euro, esp. as caused by this.

ΚΠ

1998 Scotl. on Sunday 8 Feb. (Business section) 2/3 ‘Euro-creep’—the prospect that the euro will start infiltrating the UK through the back door as multinational companies seek to impose the euro as the main currency for accounting.

2001 USA Today (Electronic ed.) 26 Dec. What..supporters of the common currency might have to bank on is eurocreep—the stealth movement toward the euro.

2002 Observer 6 Jan. i. 24/4 The concept of ‘eurocreep’—increasing familiarity with the currency will soften British hostility.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	euro-creep
释义	euro-creepn. Brit. /ˈjʊərəʊkriːp/, /ˈjɔːrəʊkriːp/, U.S. /ˈjəroʊˌkrip/, /ˈjʊroʊˌkrip/ Forms: also with capital initial(s). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Euro- comb. form, creep n.; Euro n.², creep n. Etymology: Partly < Euro- comb. form + creep n., and partly < Euro n.² + creep n. In sense 2 after mission creep n. at mission n. Compounds 3. Originally and chiefly British. 1. depreciative. A person in favour of greater British political and economic integration with continental Europe, regarded as servile or obnoxious. Cf. creep n. 1c(b).In later use probably with allusion to sense 2. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > international agreements > [noun] > customs union or common market > specific > supporter of pro-European1924 Europeanist1956 common marketeer1957 pro-marketeer1961 Eurofanatic1967 euro-creep1982 1982 Times 20 May 30/6 His very act of rising provoked uproar among Labour backbenchers... ‘Eurocreep’..was one of the more friendly greetings. 1988 A. Clark Diary Sept. (1993) 235 The Eurocreeps have written for her a really loathsome text, wallowing in the rejection of our own national identity. 2001 Sun (Nexis) 18 Dec. Eurocreeps are trumpeting the fact that British retailers are gearing up to accept the euro. 2. The increasing use of the euro as currency or as an accounting unit in the United Kingdom; the posited gradual shift in British public opinion towards acceptance of the replacement of sterling with the euro, esp. as caused by this. ΚΠ 1998 Scotl. on Sunday 8 Feb. (Business section) 2/3 ‘Euro-creep’—the prospect that the euro will start infiltrating the UK through the back door as multinational companies seek to impose the euro as the main currency for accounting. 2001 USA Today (Electronic ed.) 26 Dec. What..supporters of the common currency might have to bank on is eurocreep—the stealth movement toward the euro. 2002 Observer 6 Jan. i. 24/4 The concept of ‘eurocreep’—increasing familiarity with the currency will soften British hostility. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1982
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