A term originally coined by the Black community, that in previous years was used to describe being aware of and understanding the unfair treatment of the working class as perpetuated by oligarchs and other elites, but that is now moreso just used as a scapegoat word for conservatives and other ignorant people to hide their utter lack of empathy. Nowadays, words such as woke and wokeness are almost exclusively used by chuds and politicans as a proxy to perpetuate the ongoing culture war in America, while simultaneously turning a blind eye to those who have been effectively raped by society.
The term gradually changed hands from the american Left to the Right sometime during/after Trump's presidency when conservatives unanimously conspired to steal the term and corrupt it to serve their own purposes. (Much in the same way that white people in decades past have co-opted many other various things from black culture, such as e.g. music genres like Rock/Jazz/Blues/Funk, slang and vernacular, fashion styles, or erasing black contributions to arts & sciences.)
In truth, the word 'woke' has no real meaning. (as of the date of this post).
The term gradually changed hands from the american Left to the Right sometime during/after Trump's presidency when conservatives unanimously conspired to steal the term and corrupt it to serve their own purposes. (Much in the same way that white people in decades past have co-opted many other various things from black culture, such as e.g. music genres like Rock/Jazz/Blues/Funk, slang and vernacular, fashion styles, or erasing black contributions to arts & sciences.)
In truth, the word 'woke' has no real meaning. (as of the date of this post).
Person A: "I'm tired of tolerating all this woke virtue-signaling going on today."
Person B: "So what's 'woke' about it?"
Person A: "Well... there's like--*begins absent-mindedly rattling off a list of random minor things liberals do that annoys them*"
Person B: "Hmm, interesting. Can you actually define what the term 'woke' means?"
Person A: "Ummm...... it's when you...... it's when.... like, when people--..... uhh, blue hair, or... something...?"
Person B: "Yeah, didn't think so."
Person B: "So what's 'woke' about it?"
Person A: "Well... there's like--*begins absent-mindedly rattling off a list of random minor things liberals do that annoys them*"
Person B: "Hmm, interesting. Can you actually define what the term 'woke' means?"
Person A: "Ummm...... it's when you...... it's when.... like, when people--..... uhh, blue hair, or... something...?"
Person B: "Yeah, didn't think so."
by TheChildishGambito April 10, 2025
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. An adjective used to describe people whi are utterly incapable of holding an opinion contrary to the government-approved narrative.
by FDC 1 March 21, 2024
Get the Wokemug. The belief that all forms of pop culture have always been "woke" while they are also simultaneously in need of being "updated for modern audiences".
Person 1: Dude, everything is always been woke! But we also need to change them so that nobody today gets offended.
Person 2: Sounds like Schrödinger's Wokeness: everything always was - and never was - woke. smh...
Person 2: Sounds like Schrödinger's Wokeness: everything always was - and never was - woke. smh...
by ClownWorld20XX April 10, 2024
Get the Schrödinger's Wokenessmug. Woke
"Woke" originated in African American English and defined awareness of and attentiveness to social and racial injustices. To be "woke" politically in the Black community means that someone is informed, educated and conscious of social injustice and racial inequality.
RIght-wingers who are angry that they suffer repercussions for using pejoratives to attack minorities, women, and people of non-trad genders use it as a cudgel to denigrate people who fight for social and racial justice. In its misuse, it is a form of hate speech.
It is a favorite term of Trump and his party. In the example, he erroneously equates diversity programs with unfair advantages for minorities.
"Woke" originated in African American English and defined awareness of and attentiveness to social and racial injustices. To be "woke" politically in the Black community means that someone is informed, educated and conscious of social injustice and racial inequality.
RIght-wingers who are angry that they suffer repercussions for using pejoratives to attack minorities, women, and people of non-trad genders use it as a cudgel to denigrate people who fight for social and racial justice. In its misuse, it is a form of hate speech.
It is a favorite term of Trump and his party. In the example, he erroneously equates diversity programs with unfair advantages for minorities.
“Our country will be woke no longer,” Trump said. “We believe that whether you are a doctor, an accountant, a lawyer, or an air traffic controller, you should be hired and promoted based on skill and competence, not race or gender.”
by Aunty Fah October 25, 2025
Get the Wokemug. A thing that doesn't deserve life or to be defined by any means which is something I am defiling to bring you this definition.
-I just saw a woke person. It was disgusting.
-Damn, did it have the little autistic badge and retarded stripey socks?
-yeah.
-disgusting.
-Damn, did it have the little autistic badge and retarded stripey socks?
-yeah.
-disgusting.
by Diccshonawry October 4, 2023
Get the Woke personmug. A word that conservative old out-of-touch white people use to describe progressive concepts to other conservative old out-of-touch white people in way that will scare them
we can’t bring the kids to Disney anymore. Jimbo said last time he went, the woke employees were requiring vaccinations to common illnesses and not segregating the water fountains
by Gib88 April 6, 2022
Get the Wokemug.