wokefish
nounEtymology
Blend of woke + catfish, equivalent to woke + -fish.
Definitions
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?
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