Turning Over a New Leaf - or Two?

Language, like a tree, just grows
Its roots sink deep and each branch knows
That little saplings shoot out big
And leaves will sprout on every twig.

Words alter meaning or decay
While neologisms come our way
Acronyms hove in view
Crafting words completely new!

Millennial chat on social media
Needs its own encyclopedia
Today two new word-leaves unfurled
Keeping pace with this mad world.

Our old friend BREXIT was described
As an 'omnishambles' nation-wide
The UK's politics are fraught
So a special term was sought.

'BrINO' seems to fit the bill;
'BREXIT in Name Only' will
Cause more confusion and more fuss
So – what will become of us?

(c) Poet in the woods 2018