Kamikwasi

English

Alternative forms

• KamiKwasi

Etymology

Blend of kamikaze +‎ Kwasi Kwarteng.

Proper noun

Kamikwasi

1. (UK, politics, derogatory) Kwasi Kwarteng; used to characterise Kwarteng's term as the Chancellor of the Exchequer as reckless.
   • 2022 September 28, John Crace, “Labour parties like it’s 1997 as Tories descend further into chaos”, in the Guardian‎^[1], retrieved September 30, 2022:

     Kamikwasi Kwarteng and Librium Liz were paralysed with terror. They had waited years for their chance to wreck the economy and now couldn’t bear to deal with the consequences.

   • 2022 September 28, “'KamiKwasi' economics: Baptism of fire for UK's new finance minister Kwarteng”, in The Straits Times‎^[2], retrieved September 30, 2022:

     Those spending plans allied with the tax cuts sent sterling plunging to its lowest-ever value against the dollar earlier this week, as critics decried the government's "KamiKwasi" economics.

   • 2022 September 28, David Aaronovitch, “Truss is right: we need migrants to prosper - Comment”, in The Times‎^[3], retrieved September 30, 2022:

     You might have thought that the first Truss cabinet row would have been over the tax and spend implications of what has become known as the KamiKwasi budget.