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wokescold

wokescold noun: a person who criticizes or shames others for being insufficiently woke, or not supporting social justice causes.

Noun

wokescold (plural wokescolds)

  1. (derogatory, informal, neologism) A person who criticizes or shames others for being insufficiently woke, or not supporting social justice causes.
    • Wokescolds are the new representatives of moral panic.2019 January 10, Ben Shapiro, “2019: The Year Of The Wokescolds”, in The Cocheco Times, page 6
    • Like Pope Urban VII, the self-righteous wokescolds seek to impose their questionable views and shifty standards on the rest of society by silencing dissenters with labels.2019 November 6, Jason O'Day, “Obama isn't feeling 'woke'”, in The Daily Iowan, University of Iowa, page 4

Verb

wokescold (third-person singular simple present wokescolds, present participle wokescolding, simple past and past participle wokescolded)

  1. (derogatory, informal, neologism) To aggressively chastise or berate somebody for holding insufficiently social-liberal political or social views, or for behaving in a manner antithetical to such views.
    • She then proceeded to wokescold the man for even mentioning that misandry legitimately exists.

Synonyms of wokescold

Forms of wokescold

Noun
pluralwokescolds
Verb
third-person singular presentwokescolds
present participlewokescolding
past participlewokescolded
pastwokescolded

Origin of wokescold

From woke (“aware of social-justice issues”) + scold.

Questions about wokescold

What does wokescold mean?
Wokescold means a person who criticizes or shames others for being insufficiently woke, or not supporting social justice causes.
What part of speech is wokescold?
Wokescold can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of wokescold?
The plural of wokescold is wokescolds.

Words near wokescold in the dictionary

  1. wokerati
  2. wokeries
  3. wokers
  4. wokery
  5. wokes
  6. wokescold
  7. wokescolded
  8. wokescolding
  9. wokescolds
  10. wokespeak
  11. wokest

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