Where on earth did this saying come from ?

There's a really funny sketch about 'woke' somewhere - it could be Tracey Ullman but not sure - it means as notanan2 says. The DM online uses 'throw shade' - I think that comes from the US and means publicly insulting someone.

I'm still using whatevs to indicate 'I am going to ignore what you're saying.' I guess I'm out of date!

Shade = giving a good put down

I would think that "woke" as used currently means something like "conscious of the situation and awake to what is going on".
No it doesnt. It means being fashionably pc & very left wing etc

Nonnie

I learn something new every day!

I'm told that I can no longer say 'whatever' because it now means 'I don't believe you'

Where has 'watching on' come from? What's wrong with simply watching? Is it a regional thing which has been adopted by news people?

Yeah, Urban Dictionary stuff, innit
aka being a Bieber or being a negaton

Epic shade? ?
Where was this reported in? Sounds like teenage street talk, innit?

Urmstongran the quote was cut and pasted from a website no mention of green .

I would think that "woke" as used currently means something like "conscious of the situation and awake to what is going on".

Post the definition on here Urmstongran and educate us all!

I always forget about Urban Dictionary GrandmaKT! I will look up ‘woke’ and educate myself.

The renowned scholarly institution UrbanDictionary defines the term as follows: throw shade: to talk trash about a friend or aquaintance, to publicly denounce or disrespect.

I think it was ‘epic shade of green’ referring to Ireland.
I new word I can’t get my head around is ‘woke’. What’s that one all about?

The term shade is used as a modern word for sly if I am correct so epic shade must mean being sly in a huge way I would imagine.(thats if I am correct with my meaning of the word)
It is as always found its origin in America !!

No idea Flora but for me that's nothing new, I don't understand a lot of things these days . There will be others who do know.