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wokel

/ˈwəʊ̯kəl/

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British/ˈwəwkəl/

wokel noun: somebody who speaks for progressive (“woke”) values in spite of missing education.

Noun

wokel (plural wokels)

  1. (slang) Somebody who speaks for progressive (“woke”) values in spite of missing education.
    • The sum total of the mechanisms in the covid psyop, why it works. Last year was another ridiculous parade of alternating fear + pseudoscience in the media. Just like the previous year only the lies were getting even more …unbaalievable. Not too bizarre though it would seem for the devout religious...2022 January 6, “Fear-Submission-Control”, in BDBinc
    • By analogy with yokels, the ignorance and naivety of woke fascists makes them “wokels”. Then why are so many academics woke? Surely, they must be the opposite of wokels.2022 June 12, J. C. Lester, Wokeness Is Inverted Fascism Plus Hypocrisy: A Libertarian Perspective, page 3

Examples of wokel in a sentence

  • Not too bizarre though it would seem for the devout religious branch of Covidian wokels, the fear kept working on them.2022 January 6, “Fear-Submission-Control”, in BDBinc:
  • Such a program would be a tough sell to the local wokels.2023 April 25, Doug Mortimer, “Snockered with Knockers”, in A Voice for Men:

Forms of wokel

pluralwokels

Origin of wokel

Blend of woke + yokel.

Questions about wokel

What does wokel mean?
Wokel means somebody who speaks for progressive (“woke”) values in spite of missing education.
How do you use wokel in a sentence?
Not too bizarre though it would seem for the devout religious branch of Covidian wokels, the fear kept working on them.
What part of speech is wokel?
Wokel is a noun.
How do you pronounce wokel?
Wokel is pronounced /ˈwəʊ̯kəl/ (UK).
What is the plural of wokel?
The plural of wokel is wokels.

Words near wokel in the dictionary

  1. wokeisms
  2. wokeist
  3. Wokeistan
  4. wokeists
  5. wokejoshi
  6. wokel
  7. Wokeland
  8. wokelash
  9. wokelashes
  10. wokeling
  11. wokelings

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