Woke; noun
1. A bigoted ideology that asserts that group identities such as ethnicity, culture, religous status, sexual orientation, gender and/or status as a human being each come with unjust societal disadvantages. (Unless you're a white, heterosexual Christian male)
2. A form of mental illness which causes many people to imagine themselves victims of oppression while living in the most comfortable, equitable and just societies the world has ever known.
3. An ungrateful, selfish charlatan who wishes to take no responsibility or accountability for their own life, but blame others over unwarranted perceptions of unfairness (either directly or indirectly) to their persons or other persons generationally with no set limit on time.
4. A form of social credit where clout is attained using a shifting metric of who is more or less oppressed based on a variety of arbitrary standards which often change and conflict.
5. A revisionist view of western cultures history which highlights misdeeds (real or imagined) while suppressing even the most fundamental accomplishments.
Woke; Verb
1. An attempt to spread a toxic ideology which suggest that all persons should be judged by the color of their skin, gender and/or sexual orientation and NOT by the content of their character.
2. The act of grooming children for sexual exploitation
3. Any form of societal and/or cultural attack (real or perceived) on tradional norms with the nuclear family.
Susan got the job over 3 more qualified candidates because the company needs more women to fill those positions so they can prove how 'woke' they are. As a woman she's so oppressed she never could have gotten it without the hand out.
Doug took out thousands in student loans and pursued a degree in womens studies so he could be woke and not a part of the problem. Now he can't find a job, is drowning in debt and all he does is whine about "late stage capitalism" while insisting that if his ancient Babylonian ancestors had not been displaced by Persian invaders he would be a millionaire by now.
"Bethany" is an American born, black trans-woman, "Jason" is a Canadian born Jewish woman. They both argue incessantly over who is more disadvantaged, claiming the other isn't 'woke' enough to be speaking on the issue. The debates always end with one of them being a racist transphobe and the other being a misogynistic antisemite. When really, they're both just deranged arseholes.
Stephen told Carol to go outside and look around, all things that exist were built and maintained primarily by men. Then he posed the question, "So when you say that you don't need a man, I'm wondering where you found the time to get Masters certifications in Electrical & Mechanical engineering, plumbing, masonry, carpentry, architecture & physics?" His arguments weren't woke at all...