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Merriam-Webster defines the expression stay woke in Badu's song as meaning, "self-aware, questioning the dominant paradigm and striving for something better"; and, although within the context of the song, it did not yet have a specific connection to justice issues, Merriam-Webster credits the phrase's use in the song with its later connection ...
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the slang term’s primary meaning as being “aware of and actively attentive to important societal facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social ...
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 ...
Title page of Webster's Dictionary of the English Language, c. 1830–1840. Lepore (2008) illustrates Webster's paradoxical views on language and politics and explains why his work was initially poorly received. Culturally conservative Federalists denounced the work as radical—too inclusive in its lexicon and even bordering on vulgar.
The newer meaning of the word has been added to the Oxford English Dictionary and the Merriam-Webster dictionary, which now defines it as being "aware of and actively attentive to important facts ...
Noah Webster's assistant, and later chief competitor, Joseph Emerson Worcester, and Webster's son-in-law Chauncey A. Goodrich, published an abridgment of Noah Webster's 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language in 1829, with the same number of words and Webster's full definitions, but with truncated literary references and expanded ...
In the wake of Donald Trump’s decisive victory over Kamala Harris, some are questioning if so-called “woke” culture could be to blame for the Vice President’s defeat. The term “woke ...
[9] Commenting in 2001, one such British journalist, [55] [56] Polly Toynbee, said "the phrase is an empty, right-wing smear, designed only to elevate its user", [57] and in 2010 she wrote "the phrase 'political correctness' was born as a coded cover for all who still want to say Paki, spastic, or queer". [58]