If you've attended a social-justice protest or watched an episode of "Dear White People," you've likely heard the word "woke." But the term wasn't being used to refer to sleep. It was being used to ...

As I was preparing to go onstage for an event recently, the moderator warned my co-panelist and me that the very first prompt would be “Please define the word woke for the audience.” We all sighed and ...

R&B singer-songwriter Erykah Badu says the term woke "doesn't belong to us anymore" after it has been misappropriated by conservatives. (Richard Shotwell / Invision / Associated Press) "Woke," a term ...

“This is going to be one of those moments that goes viral.” Right-wing commentator Bethany Mandel’s clairvoyance proved stronger than her ability to define a word she, in her own words, wrote a whole ...

“Woke,” a slang term popularized by social-justice activists on the left, is making its way into the next update of Oxford English Dictionary (OED), the BBC reported Tuesday. The OED is adding a ...

Former Ohio lawmaker Nina Turner challenged Twitter CEO Elon Musk to define the word "woke," but instead got several amusing responses from social media users who took the opportunity to slam the ...

Are you “woke”? I don’t know whether I am or not. Under one definition, I’m pretty sure I am and I’m glad of it, but under the other definition being glad about it may make me the bad kind of woke.

The first two weeks of 2025 have been ROUGH — we've already experienced bombings, Donald Trump not going to jail, and Los Angeles being on fire — but watching a MAGA supporter look foolish when trying ...

Recently, two writers who were published in LNP | LancasterOnline made persuasive arguments in support of “woke.” There was the March 24 letter “Some thoughts on use of ‘woke’ ” and the March 28 ...

We tend to think of language as fixed, an unchanging entity. But the truth is, it’s constantly evolving. It’s a reflection of us–the way we communicate is a large part of how we live. And that shifts ...

Leftists have been attempting to redefine the terms “male” and “female” for years now, but in a troubling development, Merriam-Webster is now following suit. As noted by Not the Bee, the definition of ...