Getting woke is like being in the Matrix and taking the red pill. You get a sudden understanding of what's really going on and find out you were wrong about much of what you understood to be truth.
by MathPolice January 26, 2017
/wōk/ informal • US
(adj.) A state of awareness only
achieved by those dumb enough
to find injustice in everything
except their own behavior.
(adj.) A state of awareness only
achieved by those dumb enough
to find injustice in everything
except their own behavior.
by Klappi August 28, 2022
(adj) being aware of current social issues. the words meaning comes from being the past tense of wake (I need to wake up/I just woke up). The phrase "Wake up!" used in politics, means that the interpreter is asleep or unaware about the reality of things. Woke, therefore, means that you are "awake" to the reality of certain issues. However, the word is associated with political correctness, cancel culture, and left leaning bias. It is politically correct to be woke, and if you are woke, you are politically correct. The words meaning is often described as being "enlightened", but enlightenment means being well informed, and being woke is often not being well informed, but being biased, and being ill informed because facts are hard to find in current events because things can be taken out of context easily and media sources can be biased.
I talked to jimmy today, he is so woke!
Did you see what happened to Laura? She got bashed on twitter because she wasn't woke enough.
Did you see what happened to Laura? She got bashed on twitter because she wasn't woke enough.
by Benito Macaroni December 1, 2020
A view of the world not based on one’s own truth (i.e. standpoint epistemology), but grounded in data, reason, and universal principles.
I’m Not Woke. I agree racism exists and has caused disparities, but evidence doesn’t support it as the source for all inequality of outcome.
by DrCigol June 5, 2021
A label for someone who's uber-current, especially on socio/political issues. This is still new enough jargon that it's being used both positively and negatively. Some seem to openly admire those who are "Woke", some are using it to brand someone whose become pompous with their arsenal of in-the-know names, trends and jargon - especially acronyms.
Positively: All those DC staffers are too woke for me, I can't keep up.
Negatively: After her summer internship at Time, Mary became too woke to tolerate with all her in-the-know tediousness.
Negatively: After her summer internship at Time, Mary became too woke to tolerate with all her in-the-know tediousness.
by Sam JuaS February 26, 2019
Tim has a wokeness level of 9 out of 10; he can always cite important events and their context in what is happening in the world.
by Jean Ember April 14, 2017
The ability of someone to become outraged at imagined enemies and create ways to be the victim, even though you're insanely privileged. Created by right wing loons, insurrectionist sympathizers, conspiracy folk, and their ilk to create a boogie man.
Icky Vicky the school board lady invented an enemy in wokeness, but all she did was prove she and her minions are bigoted morons.
by Batrice BBB May 17, 2021