What does the word 'woke' mean?
Woke Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The word has become an ever-present part of the English-language landscape, with this piece from three years ago:
Jay Doubleyou: what is 'woke'?
The meaning and use of words changes over time:
Jay Doubleyou: the meaning and use of the word 'woman' is changing
And at the end of last year, the word 'woke' was being seen as one of the words of 2022:
The year woke broke: a brief history of a contested word - New Statesman
It has certainly excited a lot of interest as to where it came from:
Here's a look at the word by a historian:
Wokeness is a bad guide to history: An eagerness to put ourselves on the ‘right side’ is reassuring. But dragging the dead before a moral tribunal is pointless
And this month, BBC Radio looked at the history of the word:
Matthew Syed traces the history of a term that's now synonymous with our era of angry debate.
BBC Radio 4 - Woke: The Journey of a Word
Woke: The Journey of a Word - 5. Where Woke Goes to Die - BBC Sounds
It's a very hot issue in Florida, where the Governor wants to bring in a 'law against woke':
I’m a USF senior and here’s why I sued to stop Florida’s Stop WOKE Act | Column
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