Urban naughtily defines ‘woke’ as the following: ‘A state of perceived intellectual superiority one gains by reading The Huffington Post.’īut seriously, when and how did ‘woke’ awake? The term implies ideological sensitivity to the plight of the marginalised, the oppressed, the tired, the poor, the huddled masses. But for a person on the left to call a fellow leftie ‘woke’ is considered a compliment in fact it’s becoming a byword for social justice awareness. Sneers from the left include ‘redneck’ and ‘Nazi’. Sneers from the right include ‘bleeding heart’ and relative newcomer ‘snowflake’. Usually no time will lapse before the trolling starts. But for others, it might be difficult to avoid bumping into ‘woke’ on the Internet.Īnyone who feels like giving their blood pressure a workout just needs to read the Comments section under many a Web posting. For the majority of English speakers, ‘woke’ will only ever be the past particle of ‘wake’ and there’s nothing wrong with that.
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