A disorder associated with wokeness. It is characterized by forgetting all relevant information to a topic because the headline du jour has ignited a wokespasm; and, other relevant facts are seemingly forgotten.
People who try too hard to demonstrate their wokeness often suffer from wokenesia because they hyper-focus on the latest outrage without looking at the big picture.
People who try too hard to demonstrate their wokeness often suffer from wokenesia because they hyper-focus on the latest outrage without looking at the big picture.
Early in the #metoo movement, a lot of people suffering from wokenesia pressured Al Franken to resign because the scale of Al's infringement was treated as if it were as severe as a rapists; even an accused rapist gets a fair trial that considers all of the facts and other contributions to society before weighing an appropriate punishment, if found guilty. Some might say Al was also suffering from wokenesia when he succumbed to the demands.
by TheGaffGiraffe January 18, 2020
Get the wokenesia mug.The ability or talent to completely forget about work related projects or topics overnight or weekends. This can also come in handy if an error is made at work.
I have complete worknesia after 5:00 on Friday.... Don't ask me anything work related. I have no idea what you're talking about.. Ask me on Monday.
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Learned a new phrase: "Performative Wokeness."
People who more concerned with self-promotion, social media "likes", or selling books & lectures; than they are about Actual Deliverables.
People who more concerned with self-promotion, social media "likes", or selling books & lectures; than they are about Actual Deliverables.
People thought Tina cared about labor issues, considering how much she Tweeted about it, but it was all performative wokeness - she had no problems crossing picket-lines if the business offered a sale.
by Brainshrub August 28, 2019
Get the performative wokeness mug."Wokenista" Term Copyright 2020 by me. Definition- (a) An individual who uses the same tactics as the Nazi Brown Shirts to intimidate, shout down, and destroy anyone not adhering to the pre-approved narrative. (b) A pussy without the mental capacity to engage in rational conversation and instead uses "group think" to "cancel" the subject of discussion or the person not adhering to "group think" from their online presence. (c) READ 1984 you little twits!
The wokenistas have "cancelled" "insert name here" again.
by Senior Anti-Wokenista June 24, 2020
Get the Wokenista mug.Tim has a wokeness level of 9 out of 10; he can always cite important events and their context in what is happening in the world.
by Jean Ember April 14, 2017
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Icky Vicky the school board lady invented an enemy in wokeness, but all she did was prove she and her minions are bigoted morons.
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Get the Wokeness mug.Terminal Wokeness is the state of a company franchise or product that becomes so Woke that it has lost and or abandoned what fans and customers formerly found appealing about it.
Terminal Wokeness exists in an era where more and more Western companies became Woke and this causes those that are or were so invested in the company product or franchise to vote with their money or vote with their feet and leave. This led to observable losses in the company or mass abandonment or rejection of the company product or franchise by current and or former fans and customers.
Sometimes known as Get Woke Go Broke.
Terminal Wokeness describes to the fan and customer that the company franchise or product would rather push "approved" politics ideology and world view such as Social Justice Feminism and Political Left, over making a good product tv show and movie telling a story or improve upon what they have already built.
Terminal Wokeness exists in an era where more and more Western companies became Woke and this causes those that are or were so invested in the company product or franchise to vote with their money or vote with their feet and leave. This led to observable losses in the company or mass abandonment or rejection of the company product or franchise by current and or former fans and customers.
Sometimes known as Get Woke Go Broke.
Terminal Wokeness describes to the fan and customer that the company franchise or product would rather push "approved" politics ideology and world view such as Social Justice Feminism and Political Left, over making a good product tv show and movie telling a story or improve upon what they have already built.
by Bejimo October 15, 2019
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