wokefish

noun

Etymology

Blend of woke + catfish, equivalent to woke + -fish.

Definitions

  1. Someone who pretends to be woke and in favour of progressive political ideologies on a…

    Someone who pretends to be woke and in favour of progressive political ideologies on a social media or dating platform.

    • Couple this with the apparent nationwide divide over issues ranging from George Floyd’s death to wearing coronavirus masks, and you’ve got the ideal environment for the wokefish to thrive.
    • When is a wokefish not a wokefish?
  2. To pretend to be woke on an online platform to deceive (someone).

    • Wokefishing notwithstanding, Layla told Vice she isn’t optimistic about the prospects of dating outside of political bubbles.
    • If someone says that they’re vegan but you find out that they occasionally eat a box of fried chicken when they’re very drunk or very sad, they’re not necessarily wokefishing you - they’re just human.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for wokefish. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA