• Cam@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Its not woke. If its been around for awhile, its not woke. Woke words are new made up words or words used in a context to prove a progressive point.

    “Trigger” is a woke word when you say “Im so triggered by that”. However in this context “Johnny, do not pull down that lever, it will trigger the breaker box” is not woke.

    • partial_accumen@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Woke words are new made up words or words used in a context to prove a progressive point.

      So works (or phrases) like:

      • Civil rights Act of 1964
      • Equal Pay Act of 1963
      • Brown v. Bd. of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954)
      • Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (1967)
      • Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 (2015)
      • Cam@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Chill out dude. Im not going to argue with you Y’all on the internets.

    • HikingVet@lemmy.sdf.org
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      1 year ago

      How long do you think the word woke, with any of the definitions (specifically the original), has been in use?

      • Cam@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        I do not know. I first heard the term back around 2019 I believe and I always used an “urban dictonary” definition.

          • Cam@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            1 year ago

            Uh, no…

            Woke

Umbrella term for individuals who are engrossed by social justice and thinks of themselves as saviors with a moral high ground, but remain willfully ignorant to the irrationality of their claims and the problems they create. These individuals give special treatment to certain minorities in hopes of ending racism and perpetuate mental illnesses as the norm.

My son's woke kindergarten teacher taught him that he's actually a girl because he played with dolls.

by sealcake May 27, 2022

            https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Woke