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Wokefishing 

The phrase is a play on ‘catfishing,’ which means pretending to be someone you are not... to lure someone into a relationship. The issue is apparently enough of a problem that Vice, the achingly SJW online magazine, has devoted a lengthy article explaining what the problem is and interviewing “victims” of this cruel political dupery. - from RT - July 29th 2020
Ignore him, he's full of BS and just wokefishing you to try and get you into bed
Wokefishing by Carl Davidson July 29, 2020
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Woke Fishing 

Woke fishing is when a man, whom is talking to a woman, starts asking her vague questions regarding progressive causes, in an effort to determine her interest level, and then mirror her responses. Said man has no interest in the same groups or causes, and is just trying to find commonalities with the girl to get into her pants.
Guy 1: Why did you just tell Sara you donated to BLM? You hate that group.
Guy 2: Oh I'm just woke fishing man. I'll be in her pants by Saturday.
Guy 1+2: *High Five*
Woke Fishing by Dr. Roboto July 31, 2020

Wokewashing

When the Free Palestine community hijack woke causes such as police brutality or climate change. It’s the act of taking over another cause with your own cause that is unrelated to the original cause.
Marching with Palestinian flags at the woman’s rally is an example of wokewashing.
Wokewashing by Mariposa Rosa December 29, 2021

jokefishing 

the act of jokefishing, is not fishing for a joke, but something much more complex, without a significant meaning.

as an irregular 21st century slang word, the conjugations are irregular.
But Jake jokefishes, John!
You mean he loves jokefishing?
He jokedfish yesterday?
I never guessed he was a jokefishar
I would never jokefishe, myself

wokewashing

Using woke idiology to justify actions or positions you would otherwise find immoral or wrong, or to gain an advantage over a member of a non-protected class.
1. Bruce initially felt wrong about taking all the credit for Ted's work, but he wokewashed it with the rationale that "straight white men have been stealing for hundreds of years, so now it's my turn".

2. Beth is really wokewashing Ted lately - every time he tries to raise concerns with her proposal, she accuses him of "mansplaining" and shuts him down.
wokewashing by Gilgamesh10 August 27, 2021

Wokewashing

Deplatforming or censoring authors, creators, and commentators because those individuals do not follow woke or left-wing viewpoints on society.
Thousands of users on Facebook were examples of Wokewashing when they posted news stories about Hunter Biden's laptop.
Wokewashing by jondich September 22, 2023
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