‘Sickened’ Brits confused over the different names people are calling the General Election

Of course, the General Election is a serious matter. We could be looking at a dramatic change to the UK government and it’s important we’re all signed up and registered to vote.

But it’s also just as much a part of British culture to, well, take the p**s out of it all.

As Rishi Sunak stood umbrella-less in the pouring rain yesterday (22 May) to announce the polling date in July and people nearby played ‘Things Can Only Get Better’ on full blast, others took to social media to sort out something just as important. What we’re all calling the general election, of course.

It’ll come as no surprise people have already come up with nicknames for it, following the likes of the ‘platty jubes’ and the ‘cozzie livs’. And Brits have been left ‘sickened’ and confused over the abbreviations for the upcoming political event.

Somebody get him an umbrella. (Carl Court/Getty Images)

Who you voting for in the Genny Lex?

It wasn’t long after the prime minister announced that it’s ‘the moment for Britain to choose its future’ that users on social media began calling it the ‘Genny Lex’. And I have to be honest, I personally don’t hate it.

As a TikToker pointed out, this popular nickname just ‘rolls off the tongue’ and it is looking like the winning abbreviation already along with the similar ‘Genny Lec’. But, there are plenty of others.

What else are Brits calling the General Election?

Unsurprisingly, the list is pretty extensive but some of the popular options also include the ‘Snappy G’.

Keir Starmer is up in the Genny Lex. (Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Or there is the ‘Snappy Leccy’ and the ‘Snappy V’ which sound like more of an innuendo to be honest.

Then, going a little more out there, there is even the alliterative ‘The Picky Primy’. Hey, at least you can’t say us Brits aren’t creative with our language in times of serious, political matters.

Brits are divided over our ‘Lingy Trad’

While some people are pretty embarrassed by the commitment to instantly coming up with a nickname for any big event, others are absolutely loving it.

One wrote on X: “Just heard the term Genny Lex for the first time, which simultaneously made me feel sick and also tbh quite impressed me.”

Another added: “My day has been made by the term genny lex I am obsessed.”

While one joked: “If I see one more person calling the general election the 'genny lex' I'm going to have a menty b.”

And others are just arguing over the best phrase, as a user put: “’Snappy g’ is so wrong, the correct term is ‘genny lec’ and anyone who thinks otherwise is a dunce.”

Well the Genny Lec or whatever you’re calling it will be taking place on 4 July.