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. A modern ideology that combines Race + Identity politics with Marxism theology to create a Hierarchy of victimhood which teaches to see people as races and groups instead of individuals. And to judge people by their race and identity instead of their Merits, actions or their content of their character. Which believes all disparities between groups of people are caused by sexism, racism, homophobia & ETC. Instead of culture, work ethic, educational differences.
The wokeness in the media has made modern shows and movies. Disney pushing wokeness has harmed their reputation and their stock.
by Hippie Slayer1 January 3, 2024
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. Said about people who claim to be "awake," but in reality, they're asleep, dreaming—and the rest of us are forced to live in their nightmare.
by FastAwoken August 12, 2024
Get the Wokemug. The intentional neglect or appropriation of historical facts, scientific evidence, established art, and practical semantics in an attempt to appeal to mainstream ideological values from the current decade. Often motivated by financial incentive.
Disney changed Mickey Mouse's gender. Disney knew this woke move would seal brand loyalty from the targeted demographic.
In an attempt to be more woke, the movie set in mediaeval Europe featured black American actors. The producers knew this would attract more viewers.
The 18th century statue was decorated with an LGBTQ flag. It looked very woke.
In an attempt to be more woke, the movie set in mediaeval Europe featured black American actors. The producers knew this would attract more viewers.
The 18th century statue was decorated with an LGBTQ flag. It looked very woke.
by Mind Liberator April 6, 2023
Get the Wokemug. by Klorasaurox June 22, 2025
Get the Wokenessmug. MY issue with it is that they clearly FRAME leftist talking points as self-evidently good or inarguably correct and right-wing talking points as antagonistic. The left has presuppositions like "gender is divorced from sex and is on a spectrum" that are reinforced by Hollywood in the same way that the catholic presuppositions are reinforced. Which is a good point. Take Supergirl season 4 (I think) the villain is charlie kirk. It's a framing thing. I mean... You know you'd call it "whitewashing" if it was African folklore but instead it's danish folklore and was done intentionally to hoist white people by their own petard AND they explicitly stated that it was being done for that reason. But... Yeah, that's a good point about the production ebd of things. I hadn't considered that.
Hym "You better not be talking about ME being abusive. The cripple was a shit talking bitch who I was forced to coddle in spite of the fact that they were bring him whores to fuck and put me in a situation where I was forced to either affirm her decision to fuck a retard instead or me or allow them to exploit me in exchange for letting me get away with LESS egregious rule breaking or follow all of the rules while that whore fucks a cripple. You needed to suck the cripples dick to get him to follow any rules. And The boys tried to frame it as me abusing tyrone for no reason but tyrone is a shit talking retarded bitch who likes to think he's proving a point but is too stupid to realize that it isn't the actual WORDS he's using but the ACT of using the words to deride me or the ACT of accusing me of being something I'm not. But.... If I accept meatball's definition of woke, it explains Jordan's pissant attitude. You see how he wanted to covertly excise people from society using his personality test as minority report style future crime? He thought I was Brandon Schiff (And that's why people spammed UD with fuck you brandon posts). Did the students you kicked out KNOW why they were kicked out? Did they know they were taken out before they did anything wrong because they failed your personality test? You see me call that shit years before he was willing to admit it on camera? Ha! Oh and did you see the 'violent' footage of the 'violent' insurrection?"
by Hym Iam March 9, 2023
Get the Wokemug.