Originally intended to mean "alert to civil rights issues" or "takes an enlightened approach to civil rights", its meaning has changed. It is now associated with adopting an obsessive, blinkered or deliberately obtuse approach to certain civil rights, particularly in relation to equality. It refers to an approach which is overall and on balance harmful to society, ignores context and counterpoints, and is ignorant of the wider ramifications of the position taken.
Under the pretense of being politically correct, the "woke" person is, ironically, asleep, in that they are ignorant of or unconcerned by the harms caused by their actions. Such harms may include:
• damage to freedom of expression and freedom of association
• the diminution of comedy, and artistic license in music and film, to the point that it becomes dull
• stifling of conversation
• fear of expressing an alternative opinion or calling out that which is evidently nonsense
• feelings of being browbeaten, helpless and living in a dystopian society
• diversion of societal focus away from more pressing issues affecting society
• the breakdown of language and societal structures
• discrimination and prejudice against others with particular characteristics - typically those who, in a particular location or organisation, are in a majority - under the guise of improving equality and acting on behalf of the minority.
The "woke" person may be acting in their own self-interests to achieve their own ends.
Under the pretense of being politically correct, the "woke" person is, ironically, asleep, in that they are ignorant of or unconcerned by the harms caused by their actions. Such harms may include:
• damage to freedom of expression and freedom of association
• the diminution of comedy, and artistic license in music and film, to the point that it becomes dull
• stifling of conversation
• fear of expressing an alternative opinion or calling out that which is evidently nonsense
• feelings of being browbeaten, helpless and living in a dystopian society
• diversion of societal focus away from more pressing issues affecting society
• the breakdown of language and societal structures
• discrimination and prejudice against others with particular characteristics - typically those who, in a particular location or organisation, are in a majority - under the guise of improving equality and acting on behalf of the minority.
The "woke" person may be acting in their own self-interests to achieve their own ends.
They is only one person, but they has a big effect on everyone around them. They's so woke that they can't function properly in life, it's hard to understand them, and even their friends can't keep track of their pronouns.
He's so woke that he's asleep.
Wokey dokey.
He's so woke that he's asleep.
Wokey dokey.
by peachxylophoneduck December 5, 2023
Get the wokemug. I hate how the woke left won’t let me use words like “porch monkey” or “midget” or “transvestite” anymore. Makes me so angry that the radical left woke mob is suppressing my freedom of speech
by Dick Walski December 12, 2022
Get the Wokemug. A conservative influencer who doesn't bend the knee to Israel or support their genocide campaign in Palestine.
by FOF1776 November 9, 2024
Get the Woke Rightmug. by M. Siris July 9, 2022
Get the Wokemug. A term someone uses to define themselves people/media or to define others people/media in a way to try to put themselves morally higher than another based on the premise and execution of progressiveness.
Self: “Listen, you should be more woke to the discrimination of others, like me.”
Others (derogatory): “That company sucks.” “Why?” “They decided to go woke.”
Others (derogatory): “That company sucks.” “Why?” “They decided to go woke.”
by Bryten_131 January 31, 2024
Get the Wokemug. to latch onto what ever social trend is popular at the moment usually based on ideas of faked oppression and talk about how everyone is a victum except white men, unless you are gay or trans and like to make love to children
woke person a: let me use my phone that was manufactured in part by slave labor around the world to post to some social media platform, that this restaurant does not give out free food for the homeless who also happen to be gay and trans and black, which is reason enough to give them their own restaurant let along a little free food once in a while, i mean these people build this country. i am so woke, why cant everyone be charitable with other peoples stuff like me? its time to woke it up my pimps.
person b: nope, stop pretending to be woke and get a job you sparkly wiggle
woke person a: let me use my phone that was manufactured in part by slave labor around the world to post to some social media platform, that this restaurant does not give out free food for the homeless who also happen to be gay and trans and black, which is reason enough to give them their own restaurant let along a little free food once in a while, i mean these people build this country. i am so woke, why cant everyone be charitable with other peoples stuff like me? its time to woke it up my pimps.
person b: nope, stop pretending to be woke and get a job you sparkly wiggle
im here to woke it up and get some free stuff.
if i lie cheat and steal enough i might be able to get my woke book published then we will be living like kings before old whitely enslaved us and made us earn our keep for a very short while, thank the gods these dumb ass white people are pretending to be all woke-n-sheeeyyit
person a: hey did you see sam brinton was wearing the clothes he stole from random women while out doing pr stunts for the government and other woke none sense?
person b: why was sam brinton hired? clearly he has a problem, dude walks around like a women, he makes me want to punch kittens in their cute little fuzzy faces
person a: oh because ignoring actual problems that matter is not woke, and hiring someone who has all sorts of red flags and ignoring them couldnt be more woke, espcialy if their only skill is liing and stealing, this is double bonus woke points
if i lie cheat and steal enough i might be able to get my woke book published then we will be living like kings before old whitely enslaved us and made us earn our keep for a very short while, thank the gods these dumb ass white people are pretending to be all woke-n-sheeeyyit
person a: hey did you see sam brinton was wearing the clothes he stole from random women while out doing pr stunts for the government and other woke none sense?
person b: why was sam brinton hired? clearly he has a problem, dude walks around like a women, he makes me want to punch kittens in their cute little fuzzy faces
person a: oh because ignoring actual problems that matter is not woke, and hiring someone who has all sorts of red flags and ignoring them couldnt be more woke, espcialy if their only skill is liing and stealing, this is double bonus woke points
by potna69 mad real playa 4 life February 23, 2023
Get the wokemug. A plague that slaughters the sanity of men and warps it into something insidious. The internet is its breeding ground, and if you see it, immediately run or shut down your computer.
by Luca Frederico Scaligieri February 23, 2024
Get the Woke Plaguemug.