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Etymology

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From woke +‎ -ie.

Noun

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wokie (plural wokies)

  1. (neologism, slang, usually derogatory) A person who is woke (aware of social-justice issues).
    • 2021 June 6, Daniel Hannan, “Communism is evolving. But the new version is no more toxic than the old one”, in The Daily Telegraph:
      Like Marxists, wokies are millenarians, working for a magical tomorrow that owes nothing either to past practice or to human frailties.

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