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Woke. Woke is an adjective derived from African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) originally meaning alertness to racial prejudice and discrimination. [ 1] Beginning in the 2010s, it came to be used as slang for a broader awareness of social inequalities such as racial injustice, sexism, and denial of LGBT rights.
The word "woke" is tossed around a lot in political and social debates all around the country. It's ramping up as Election Day draws near. The term carries different meanings and strong emotional ...
Term used by American federal agents to refer to British government agents. Babylon. Jamaican slang for members of establishments (including the police and federal agents) that are perceived as oppressive due their association with white people. [ 2] Duplicitous little bastards. Used to refer to Israeli Intelligence .
The term has been used to describe the behavior of politicians and media personalities on both the left and the right sides of the political spectrum. [35] Some examples include: American journalists used the word "gaslighting" to describe the actions of Donald Trump during the 2016 US presidential election and his term as president.
The political world has diluted the meanings of words and phrases so effectively (and, in some cases, done a full gaslight on phrases like “fake news”) that it has blunted the impact of some ...
Bitch (slang) Bitch ( / bɪtʃ /) [ 1] is a pejorative slang word for a person, usually a woman. When applied to a woman or girl, it means someone who is belligerent, unreasonable, malicious, controlling, aggressive, or dominant. [ 2] When applied to a man or boy, bitch reverses its meaning and is a derogatory term for being subordinate, weak ...
Gammon (insult) Gammon is a pejorative popularised in British political culture since around 2012. The term refers in particular to the colour of a person's flushed face when expressing their strong opinions, as compared to the type of pork of the same name. [ 1][ 2] It is characterised in this context by the Oxford English Dictionary as ...
Right-wing politics is the range of political ideologies that view certain social orders and hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, [1] [2] [3] typically supporting this position based on natural law, economics, authority, property, religion, biology, or tradition.