Theresa May and Brexit are having a surprising influence on children's creativity, according to language experts.
Every year, Oxford University Press analyses thousands of entries to a short story competition.
And the linguists and lexicographers have crowned Brexit the 'children's word of the year'.
They discovered that the political impasse over Brexit and the Prime Minister's difficulties have had an impact on children's writing.
They are trying to make a deal, help beleaguered Mrs May or simply cancel Brexit, in their stories.
Children wait for the start of a Peoples Vote anti-Brexit march in London, Saturday, March 23
The more than 100,000 stories entered for the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show competition also contain several references to the 'backstop', to 'no deal' and an increase in political vocabulary.
Story titles include The Cat Who Solved Brexit, Aliens In Brexit and A Unicorn Called Brexit.
Brexit was used 418 times, compared to just 89 the previous year, while mentions of Mrs May went up from 118 to 287.
Oxford University Press director of publishing operations Helen Freeman said: 'What is an extremely complex and difficult issue for some of the finest political minds has inspired children's creativity and inventiveness in a really interesting and smart way.
Brexit was used 418 times, compared to just 89 the previous year, while mentions of Mrs May went up from 118 to 287. She is pictured yesterday a speech at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, east London
