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The vote to leave the European Union continues to reverberate throughout the world's politics and economics. But what if every American state had the same idea?

Texas display; credit The New York TimesFor starters, every state would have to come up with a name for its campaign—and whatever your feelings about the vote, Brexit is a GREAT name.

The clever folks at the Independent Journal Review have come up with a 50-state list of campaign names; you know, just in case.

"Texit" popped up even before the vote in Britain and here are the IJR's first 10 in alphabetical order.

  • ByeByeBama
  • AlaskOut
  • Arizohno
  • Arkancyanever
  • CaliFU
  • Coloradieu
  • Connecti-CUT
  • DelaWe’reGone
  • Flo-Riddance
  • GorgeousGetAway
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