woke mob
- noun
- /woʊk mɑb/
- Offensive
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turba wokista
- Critics argue that the woke mob can be intolerant of differing opinions in their pursuit of social justice.
I want to start off by just saying that the woke mob have won.
- I want to start off by just saying that the woke mob have won.
- But given the alignment, let's say, of the more mainstream Protestant movements with the woke mob, I don't think it's an absurd criticism.
- Please, if the Woke Mob had cancelled the Choco Taco, I'm pretty sure the Choco Taco would have its own stand up special on Netflix.
Examples
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You know, they're just cowing, bowing to the woke mob because they're afraid they don't have anything close to a steel spine.
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I want to start off by just saying that the woke mob have won.
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I think mostly the woke mob begin in the upper middle class and they end up over reaching.
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How doesn't the woke mob have cable?
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But given the alignment, let's say, of the more mainstream Protestant movements with the woke mob, I don't think it's an absurd criticism.
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And then we should buy that narrative of witch hunts and woke mobs and cancel culture, which I myself find a little hard to to buy.
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Please, if the Woke Mob had cancelled the Choco Taco, I'm pretty sure the Choco Taco would have its own stand up special on Netflix.
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Many people believe that the woke mob is too quick to judge those who do not share their views.
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The woke mob often rallies together to call for changes in policies that they feel are unjust.
Synonyms
A group of people who support social justice causes but are often seen as seeking attention or being unrealistic
Antonyms
How Aggressive
Surface Forms
Morphology
A B1 learner who knows 'woke' (aware of injustice) and 'mob' (a large, often disorderly crowd) can derive the basic idea of a group of socially aware people from the constituents. However, the strong pejorative sense — quick to criticize, intolerant or 'cancel' mentality — is culturally loaded and not fully predictable from the words alone, so full interpretation requires pragmatic/cultural knowledge.
Etymology
The phrase woke mob may come from joining woke (people 'awake to social problems') and mob (an angry crowd). The image is of a group moving together to call out others, so it now means 'a crowd that quickly criticizes or demands change' and is often seen as too quick or unfair.