Past tense of wake: "I woke up early." The cultural usage is metaphorical.
"I woke up at six."
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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.
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Pejorative use: condescending or excessive in cultural sensitivity. The opposing-side reading of the original AAVE term.
"That advert is way too woke."
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