Past tense of wake: "I woke up early." The cultural usage is metaphorical.
"I woke up at six."
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You cannot out-woke me, i was in tumblr when they decided Stupid was an actual slur
Pejorative use: condescending or excessive in cultural sensitivity. The opposing-side reading of the original AAVE term.
"That advert is way too woke."
“last night i told ya i loved ya, woke up, blamed it on the vodka.”
“Woke up to birds singing like a Disney princess”
“Absolutely - YES - these Maga Minions trying to get away by taking your rights- - instead -of serving to the people that elected deserve to bet kick out-and recalled by their constituents - finally Louisiana People woke up and do something-”
“>> I woke up. Everything went right. Oh.”
“>> I woke up. Everything went right. Oh.”
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Aware of social injustice, especially regarding race. AAVE for over a century. Repurposed as a pejorative by political opponents in the late 2010s; the original sense is still used by Black communities and progressives.
"Stay woke" was used in Black activism long before it became a culture-war flashpoint.
“and my love language is words of affirmation ( plus my k!nk is praise ) so you know that woke something up in me 😋”
“You do realize that being the victim of the woke mob is Will's a whole thing, right?”
“You cannot out-woke me, i was in tumblr when they decided Stupid was an actual slur”
“One time my hand got cut off in a dream and when I woke up i couldn't move it for like a few minutes it was scary.”
“Thank you brain, yes, you did have a trauma nightmare about the MG getting stolen last night, but at least you woke up and went "Motherfucker it's on stands, the wheels are in a pile on the drive and the engine is in the garage" before going back to sleep 😂”
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