Originally defined as "being aware of social and racial injustice in the United States", due to constant overuse it has degenerated into a meaningless word with no agreed upon definition. It has replaced the term "libretard" in modern online discourse.
"Woke" is most commonly used as an insult aimed towards people with progressive ideals, and depending on who you ask it could range from describing someone who pretends to be open-minded, to describing any person who disagrees with conservative values, to anyone who attempts positive depictions of women and minorities in media.
"Woke" is most commonly used as an insult aimed towards people with progressive ideals, and depending on who you ask it could range from describing someone who pretends to be open-minded, to describing any person who disagrees with conservative values, to anyone who attempts positive depictions of women and minorities in media.
Brian: "The Buzz Lightyear movie had two women kissing in it? Damn liberals and their woke agenda ruining everything."
James: "It was a 2 second scene and the character didn't show up again."
James: "It was a 2 second scene and the character didn't show up again."
by lacergunn February 15, 2023
Depends on who you ask. Generally speaking it is a pejorative and an umbrella term for a constellation of ideas relating to identity and social justice. More broadly it has to do with progressive ideas or ideology. It is similar to SJW, Politically Correct, or identity politics.
In the context of media it is:
1) The obsession with, and glorification of, identity, diversity, inclusion,
and equity to the point of absurdity.
2) Pandering to minorities.
3) Excessive veneration of LGBTQ people and minorities and denigration of white cis heterosexual males.
Woke people (The Wokerati) tend to be authoritarian, sanctimonious, hyper-moralizing, virtue-signaling, tribalistic, cultish and generally off-putting/repulsive to all normal human beings.
If you look and sound like you spend all your time in the racial/gender studies department of academia you are most likely woke.
In the context of media it is:
1) The obsession with, and glorification of, identity, diversity, inclusion,
and equity to the point of absurdity.
2) Pandering to minorities.
3) Excessive veneration of LGBTQ people and minorities and denigration of white cis heterosexual males.
Woke people (The Wokerati) tend to be authoritarian, sanctimonious, hyper-moralizing, virtue-signaling, tribalistic, cultish and generally off-putting/repulsive to all normal human beings.
If you look and sound like you spend all your time in the racial/gender studies department of academia you are most likely woke.
"I used to respect her, but now she's just another one of those 'woke' activists who can't stop virtue signaling on social media."
by ɨռզʊɨʀɨռɢ ʍɨռɖ February 18, 2023
Having a pretentious belief in your moral superiority on racial and social justice issues; used to fight an imaginary white privilege by the decimation of traditional western culture; specifically the preponderance of biologically white men.
by Urban Emperor March 17, 2023
The peculiar state in which a person is able to grasp certain ideals, while not yet being able to live up to them.
The unconscious tension often leads to the characteristic nuisance of being judgmental towards other who apparently live up to these ideals even less.
The unconscious tension often leads to the characteristic nuisance of being judgmental towards other who apparently live up to these ideals even less.
Woke Person: "Dude, have you seen those fat SUVs? They really don't car about the environment."
Dude: "Ah comon bro, stop acting so woke."
Woke Person: "You're right. I should find dignity in my own path instead of judging others."
Dude: "Ah comon bro, stop acting so woke."
Woke Person: "You're right. I should find dignity in my own path instead of judging others."
by alittlelessdaunted August 10, 2023
Getting woke is like being in the Matrix and taking the red pill. You get a sudden understanding of what's really going on and find out you were wrong about much of what you understood to be truth.
by MathPolice January 26, 2017
/wōk/ informal • US
(adj.) A state of awareness only
achieved by those dumb enough
to find injustice in everything
except their own behavior.
(adj.) A state of awareness only
achieved by those dumb enough
to find injustice in everything
except their own behavior.
by Klappi August 28, 2022
(adj) being aware of current social issues. the words meaning comes from being the past tense of wake (I need to wake up/I just woke up). The phrase "Wake up!" used in politics, means that the interpreter is asleep or unaware about the reality of things. Woke, therefore, means that you are "awake" to the reality of certain issues. However, the word is associated with political correctness, cancel culture, and left leaning bias. It is politically correct to be woke, and if you are woke, you are politically correct. The words meaning is often described as being "enlightened", but enlightenment means being well informed, and being woke is often not being well informed, but being biased, and being ill informed because facts are hard to find in current events because things can be taken out of context easily and media sources can be biased.
I talked to jimmy today, he is so woke!
Did you see what happened to Laura? She got bashed on twitter because she wasn't woke enough.
Did you see what happened to Laura? She got bashed on twitter because she wasn't woke enough.
by Benito Macaroni December 1, 2020