wokelash

noun

Etymology

Blend of woke + backlash.

  1. inherited from *laskô
  2. inherited from lashe
  3. prefixed as backlash — “back- + lash
  4. compounded as wokelash — “woke + backlash

Definitions

  1. A backlash against media, speech, etc. deemed inconsistent with social justice…

    A backlash against media, speech, etc. deemed inconsistent with social justice principles, or viewed as perpetuating unwoke or reactionary ideas.

    • His unguarded remarks about the state of comedy inspired a huge wokelash.
  2. A backlash against or mass rejection of wokeness, or of media, policies, etc. deemed woke…

    A backlash against or mass rejection of wokeness, or of media, policies, etc. deemed woke or politically correct.

    • Some centrist Democrats today say “woke” politics have gone too far and provoked the “wokelash” (causing Democrats to lose elections in 2021).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for wokelash. 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