An infamous large town in south east england famed for its chavs and possibly the greatest non-league football team in europe. In reality its quite cool and pretty chavless on the east side, but beware for there are many a chav on the west.
by jewishgoddess October 29, 2004
To be asleep and uncritically accept whatever nonsense social science professors dream up to advance Marxist goals. As with most liberal speak the meaning of the word is the opposite of the word's standard meaning.
by FriendoftheLittlePeople August 31, 2020
Wokeness is the politicisation of Ethnicity, Gender, Nationality and Race to utilise them as debate tools agaisnt the political opposition of the political movement using it. Used nearly solely by the political left.
by Korruqt January 29, 2021
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 04, 2021
"Being completely deranged, hysterical and seeing racism/oppression in virtually everything."
--Paul Joseph Watson
--Paul Joseph Watson
by Wenn Pilliam May 04, 2017
A word that greatly offends and triggers those who are butthurt because racial minorities are recognizing the subtle ways in which they are discriminated against in "post-racial" western society.
Person 1: I've become woke to how affirmative action helps white women more than people of color.
Person 2: Stop questioning things you were told by the murican government!!! MAGA!!!!
Person 2: Stop questioning things you were told by the murican government!!! MAGA!!!!
by Donald Scum May 02, 2018
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