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This week's question: Britain's exit from the European Union keeps getting delayed because U.K. politicians can't agree on how exactly the country should depart the bloc. Please come up with a psychological term for the syndrome that causes Britons to proclaim loudly that they want to leave the EU, only to repeatedly refuse to do so.

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THE WINNER: "Passive egress-ive"

Connie Snyder, Bellevue, Ohio

SECOND PLACE: "Brexistential crisis"

Tim Mistele, Coral Gables, Florida

THIRD PLACE: "Bye-byer’s remorse"

Ken Kellam III, Dallas

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

"Fish ’n’ flips"

Barbara James, Bedford, Massachusetts

"Theresa mania"

Drew Fagan, Gualala, California

"May-sochism"

Dean Peterson, Creve Coeur, Illinois

"Pro-crash-the-nation"

Mike Eakin, Billings, Montana

"Push me pull EU syndrome"

Don Walker, Lexington, Massachusetts

"Much adi-EU, then nothing"

John G. Everett, Watertown, Massachusetts

"Stuckhome syndrome"

Paul Buchheit, Chicago

"Euro-sis"

Janine Witte, New Hope, Pennsylvania

"Separation anxiety"

Patty Oberhausen, Fort Wayne, Indiana

"Border personality disorder"

Dave Grossman, Petaluma, California

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