Meanings
plural wokescolds
- derogatoryinformalneologismA 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 62 more examples
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 4When it was announced that David Mamet's American Buffalo was returning to Broadway, cranky theater wokescolds protested.
2020, Dana Loesch, Grace Canceled: How Outrage is Destroying Lives, Ending Debate, and Endangering Democracy, unnumbered pageSynonyms: social justice warrior
present singular third person wokescolds · participle present wokescolding · participle past wokescolded · past wokescolded
- derogatoryinformalneologismTo 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 & antonyms
nounA person who criticizes or shames others for being insufficiently woke, or not supporting social justice causes.
Origin
From woke (“aware of social-justice issues”) + scold.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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