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Word of the week: Quitaly

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Each week The Staggers will pick a new word to describe our uncharted political and socioeconomic territory. 

As Italy's banks creak under European Union stress tests, the word of the week is:

Quitaly (n)(v)

When a country with a rich history can't keep up with the modern economic demands of a club. 

Origin:

The internet

Usage: 

"After Brexit, it'll be Quitaly and Frexit."

"We build the roads to this fricking place, but now we have to quitaly."

"I just looked at my bank balance. It made me want to quitaly."

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