Wokescreen

When a powerful institution or major company uses woke rhetoric around diversity and inclusion to deflect criticism of their actions or to appear less elitist than they actually are. A portmanteau of "woke" and "smokescreen."

When asked about civilian casualties caused by American drone strikes, the president dropped a wokescreen by reminding everyone that his secretary of defense was the first woman to hold that cabinet position.

by T@citus March 16, 2021

Wokescreen

Attempting to blame your own incompetence and shortcomings on the dubious assertion that it was the implementation of DEI and progressive policies.

When GameStop had to sell off their stores in Canada and France due to poor performance, CEO Ryan Cohen tried to use a wokescreen to keep the stock price from crashing.

by MyTaxesPay4YourRedStateWelfare February 19, 2025

widescreen

An aspect ratio wider than 1:33:1 (4:3). Some people think that regular TV is "square," when it is actually 4:3. Most movies are shown in either 1.78:1 (16:9), 1.85:1, or 2.35:1. TV shows are usually shown in 1:33:1, but some are shown in 1.78:1, such as The Sopranos and ER. If the aspect ratio of the content you are watching is wider than your TV, the picture is letterboxed. Many people don't like widescreen because they think that you don't see the entire picture, which is not true. If they had a 16:9 TV or were watching it in a movie theater, they would not think so. Those people will buy the "full screen" pan & scan versions of DVDs, which actually cut off 40% of the picture.

Widescreen DVDs are better than pan & scan because you see the whole picture.

by Gangstre April 4, 2005

widescreen

Widescreen refers to any aspect ration larger than 4:3 or 1.33:1. The most common ratios are 1.66:1 (almost regular TV), 1.85:1 (Acadamey Flat) and 2.35:1 (Anamorphic Scope).

Anamorphic DVDs are in Widescreen, normal DVDs are not.

by Inspector Chan September 15, 2004

Widescreen

The aspect ratios and preferred way to watch most movies filmed after the mid 1950s. The most common widescreen ratios are 1.66, 1.85, 2.35 and 2.40, though there are more. You see more this way than if it's a pan and scan version. It's also the way the sirector and cinematographer wanted the movie to be seen the way the You'll still get small bars on a widescreen TV if you watch some movies because the average aspect ratio of the TV is 1.78 and some movies are wider than that.

Star Wars and Lord Of The Rings looks a lot better in the widescreen versions than the pan and scan versions.

by Steve March 5, 2005

widescreen

An aspect ratio designed to accomodate the enlarging waistline of America.

He was so fat he filled up the frame, so we had to switch to widescreen.

by Biggie Biggie Biggie November 2, 2005

widescreen

A term used to describe your eyes after smoking too much weed. Sometimes a bad thing.

I can't go to the store right now man, I'm in fucking widescreen.

by Zinian August 19, 2009