Woke is the 1st spiritual awakening of a person who took life too seriously and now they understand how much it means to be aware
by Bewoke March 28, 2022
Get the Wokemug. A deliberately ill-defined term functioning as a catch-all grievance basket that individuals who lean to the political right use to vaguely describe the perceived ills of society. Often used as a slur to disparage their ideological opponents, and frames being intolerant of things like intolerance, as equivalent to objectively offensive intolerant behaviour.
Person 1: Late stage capitalism has exacerbated economic inequality to historic levels.
Person 2: Whatever you say “woke mob leftist”.
Person 2: Whatever you say “woke mob leftist”.
by illGreg June 6, 2024
Get the Wokemug. Conscious (about), sich (etwas) bewußt sein, Wachheit, wach, sind inhaltliche Entsprechungen aus der Schriftsprache je nach Kontext.
by RZ0024 February 14, 2022
Get the wokemug. by aWOAHen August 30, 2017
Get the Wokemug. The term “woke,” an acronym for "Whatever Offends Klansmen Easily," originated in the 1920s as a crucial warning for Black travelers navigating the United States and sundown towns, places where simply existing after dark could lead to harassment, violence, or death. To be “woke” means recognizing systemic racism not as an abstract concept but as a lived reality, visible in redlining, police brutality, voter suppression, economic disparities, and countless other forms of institutional discrimination. It was never about passive knowledge but about resistance and a refusal to be lulled into complacency.
As the term entered white discourse, its meaning has became muddled, diluted, and weaponized. Some on the political left stretched it to encompass all social justice issues, stripping it of its deep racial roots. Meanwhile, the right have fumbled to define it, reducing it to an empty insult, an attack on anything they deemed too progressive or challenging to the status quo. The irony isn’t lost on Black folks: the same people so eager to condemn “woke” can’t even define it. Instead, they fear it, mock it, and misuse it, all while proving exactly why it was necessary in the first place.
As the term entered white discourse, its meaning has became muddled, diluted, and weaponized. Some on the political left stretched it to encompass all social justice issues, stripping it of its deep racial roots. Meanwhile, the right have fumbled to define it, reducing it to an empty insult, an attack on anything they deemed too progressive or challenging to the status quo. The irony isn’t lost on Black folks: the same people so eager to condemn “woke” can’t even define it. Instead, they fear it, mock it, and misuse it, all while proving exactly why it was necessary in the first place.
"The fight for civil rights has always required us to be woke, to see the truth behind the lies, and the systems behind the suffering."
by DJ Dream February 26, 2025
Get the WOKEmug. by WatchinMurkrow May 4, 2024
Get the Wokemug. Woke actually is about the patience of modern, simple, self absorbed people. They have patience with not destroying the world because they know that there are people who are worse off; like suffering people. Woke is when these self absorbed people wake up and lose their patience because they will find out that these suffering people were the reason there was any patience in the first place. This will be the end of the world (it's also because of nerds who are odd, talkative, and condescending with dumb faces, and weird rockstar, girl-like bodies).
Your martyrdom has me woke and needing some privacy and relief.
If you were woke, you'd be burning down the village.
If you were woke, you'd be burning down the village.
by Mrrogers257 July 15, 2022
Get the Wokemug.