Woke Language

Nowadays, woke means anything that attention seekers have decided is the new correct and expect others to kowtow to their demands.

Is that definition the new correct? 😂

Am not sure that it is as big a deal as some might be making out it is, or even that we could call it WOKE. The WOKE generation have moved on and are no longer the new generation who either will or won’t follow this new trend, just as we did when younger.
Pretty soon emojis will be old hat and something new will take their place. It is just the way it is, and has always been.

Doodledog spiffing is still used by one of our dear friends.

Not unusual for AC to use it on occasions.

GrannyGravy13

Doodledog spiffing is still used by one of our dear friends.

Not unusual for AC to use it on occasions.

Without irony? It sounds very Bertie Wooster to me, but that just shows that trends vary from group to group.

I don’t think that mysterious forces are indoctrinating us.

Doidledog definitely Bertie Worster, and that is why it is used, not to be taken seriously.

Doodledog

Well yes🥸. Communication is all about interpretation. I don’t think paranoia over which ‘mysterious beings’ are behind changes in nuance is particularly helpful. It’s just fashion.

People don’t say ‘spiffing’ any more, and if they did it would seem old-fashioned, or affected, or ironic. At one time it was a signifier of someone who was young, trendy and probably upper class, eh old bean?

How people perceive emojis is nothing to do with so-called ‘wokery’. ‘Woke’ just means ‘awake to injustice’, not ‘aware of trends in emojis’🤤.

How people perceive emojis is nothing to do with so-called ‘wokery’. ‘Woke’ just means ‘awake to injustice’, not ‘aware of trends in emojis’🤤.

Yes, I wish there was an alternative to "woke" which seems to have taken over from "politically correct", but the Right have latched on to it so tightly that until another term / descriptive is found, we're stuck with it. And - whatever replaces the adjective, it will be used derogatorily anyway won't it!

As far as the 👍 is concerned, my feeling is that maybe some have been over-thinking the issue??

But - maybe also we need to find a term to describe those who continually mock the so-called 'wokes' among us. I suggest "blimps" .

Well I ll carry on using it as it says exactly what it means unlike some of the emojis

^ But - maybe also we need to find a term to describe those who continually mock the so-called 'wokes' among us. I suggest "blimps"^

I think that ‘foolish’ does well to describe those who have allowed themselves to get sucked into an entirely politically manufactured culture war based on very dubious evidence.

Though without it we would never have been treated to the splendid political insult, ‘the tofu eating wokerati’.

MaizieD

^ But - maybe also we need to find a term to describe those who continually mock the so-called 'wokes' among us. I suggest "blimps"^

I think that ‘foolish’ does well to describe those who have allowed themselves to get sucked into an entirely politically manufactured culture war based on very dubious evidence.

Though without it we would never have been treated to the splendid political insult, ‘the tofu eating wokerati’.

Though without it we would never have been treated to the splendid political insult, ‘the tofu eating wokerati’.

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... I think its predecessor was "sandal-wearing lefties"

Cat next door is called Tofu.

It's no wonder young people have anxiety problems now..

I agree with Babs03 as I worked with deaf colleagues and we used this 'thumbs up' as a method of communication constantly, as an indicator a job was done correctly, or, that all was well. Honestly, what can they find to be offended about next? I'm getting wary of speaking to anyone now incase I unwittingly offend someone.

People finding things to be offended about is exactly it, homestead. That's why this kind of nonsense should be ignored.

I'd want to know from the person who claimed that a thumbs up is aggressive exactly what they mean and why they think it. Someone telling them so, especially a child, is not an explanation. It's just thoughtless parroting.

That child has been mis-taught/misinformed.

Honestly, what can they find to be offended about next?

I'd like to know just who the 'they' are who are being offended.

I very much doubt that it is more than .0000001% of the population, if even that many.

If it had been my GGC who had told me that I'd have told him not to be sucked in by stupid ideas.

That's meant to be a DGC, by the way...

I go to a "drop in" craft class on a Tuesday. The teacher whatsapps us on Mondays to see who is coming, so she can set out tables and chairs. Nearly everyone replies with a thumbs-up or down!

Young people are changing the meanings of words all the time as slang evolves so rapidly with texting and social media.

No plot: no conspiracy on this one, (unlike some political ones)

simply a shade of meaning (that most of us disagree with anyway)

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My niece, who is about as woke as you can get, uses it.

When we can't say ''man hole'', ''Manchester'' etc. because it offends women, ''blackboard, black bird'' because it offends blacks, can't say ''football'' because it offends those who don't like footie.... the list is endless, now we can't use the OK emoji!

I'll continue to use all of the above with merriment!

I use ‘thumbs up’ to denote ‘received and understood’. Ok, there’s a connotation of ‘no further discussion required’. But that’s just from my end.

Of course, if they’d get over their phobia of actually SPEAKING on the phone…

When you use this emoji at the end of a message, it seems somewhat blunt, because it indicates that the conversation is over. That is why some people think that its use is passive aggressive.

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I can see that!
I do use it in the sense of "yes, I get that" or "you don't need to keep explaining... " when my adult children text me long messages that go on and on. I want to show them that I "get" what they are saying. I think I use it when I'm in a hurry.

Of course what I really want to say sometimes is 🙄.... and quite often I do!

I will have to speak to them about it. I think they would have told me if they were upset with me about it - (even though I am trying to shut them up). 😂

I use it as an abbreviated 'ok'. I've never used it at the end of a text message

NanKate

LauraNorderr do you remember Roger the Cabin Boy in Captain Pugwash? -I was so innocent at the time it washed over me liked the waves 😀

This is one on those “urban myths” so it didn't wash over you…..the cabin boy was called Tom. There was also never a character called Seaman Stains 👍🏻