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What does it stand for?
« on: 23 January 2020, 16:52:19 »
I've recently begun seeing in some forum-not this one :-X-posts the word WOKE and this afternoon I've seen it used in a TV advert.Presumably this is an acronym,but whats it stand for?
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Re: What does it stand for?
« Reply #1 on: 23 January 2020, 16:54:44 »
It's not an acronym: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=woke (potentially NWS content lives here)
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Re: What does it stand for?
« Reply #2 on: 23 January 2020, 17:03:48 »
Ah,thanks for that link.Every day's a school day :y
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Re: What does it stand for?
« Reply #3 on: 23 January 2020, 17:26:25 »
Quote from: BazaJT on 23 January 2020, 17:03:48
Ah,thanks for that link.Every day's a school day :y

......and your school days were during the Victorian era. ::) ;)
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Re: What does it stand for?
« Reply #4 on: 23 January 2020, 18:07:49 »
Quote from: BazaJT on 23 January 2020, 17:03:48
Ah,thanks for that link.Every day's a school day :y
Mmm, Asian cowgirl is a term I've not heard before
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Re: What does it stand for?
« Reply #5 on: 23 January 2020, 19:14:35 »
Quote from: redelitev6 on 23 January 2020, 18:07:49
Quote from: BazaJT on 23 January 2020, 17:03:48
Ah,thanks for that link.Every day's a school day :y
Mmm, Asian cowgirl is a term I've not heard before

 Is that like reverse cow girl, but using Asian longtime girl :)
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Re: What does it stand for?
« Reply #6 on: 23 January 2020, 19:38:07 »
Some days Opti it feels like my schooldays were a lot further back than Victoria :'(
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Re: What does it stand for?
« Reply #7 on: 23 January 2020, 22:53:57 »
Applied for a job today. In 'Gender' there were SIX options.  :o





I am NOT joking.



That's F$^%$*£%& woke, mate.  :-X
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Re: What does it stand for?
« Reply #8 on: 23 January 2020, 23:00:10 »
Not sure I would work there...
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Re: What does it stand for?
« Reply #9 on: 24 January 2020, 00:35:32 »
Quote from: Diamond Black Geezer on 23 January 2020, 22:53:57
Applied for a job today. In 'Gender' there were SIX options.  :o





I am NOT joking.



That's F$^%$*£%& woke, mate.  :-X

C'mon then DBG list the 6 options, we could do with a laugh!  ;D
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Re: What does it stand for?
« Reply #10 on: 24 January 2020, 10:38:34 »
Quote from: Diamond Black Geezer on 23 January 2020, 22:53:57
Applied for a job today. In 'Gender' there were SIX options.  :o





I am NOT joking.



That's F$^%$*£%& woke, mate.  :-X


gender and sex aren't quite the same thing. It's probably an old form if it only has six options.......
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Re: What does it stand for?
« Reply #11 on: 24 January 2020, 12:53:18 »
Quote from: aaronjb on 23 January 2020, 16:54:44
It's not an acronym: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=woke (potentially NWS content lives here)

And whilst you are there, whatever you do, don't lookup Wolf-Bagging. It's 100% NSFW
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Re: What does it stand for?
« Reply #12 on: 24 January 2020, 12:55:28 »
Quote from: deviator on 24 January 2020, 12:53:18
Quote from: aaronjb on 23 January 2020, 16:54:44
It's not an acronym: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=woke (potentially NWS content lives here)

And whilst you are there, whatever you do, don't lookup Wolf-Bagging. It's 100% NSFW
Kinnell, what a sick world.
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Re: What does it stand for?
« Reply #13 on: 24 January 2020, 19:54:32 »
Quote from: STEMO on 24 January 2020, 12:55:28
Quote from: deviator on 24 January 2020, 12:53:18
Quote from: aaronjb on 23 January 2020, 16:54:44
It's not an acronym: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=woke (potentially NWS content lives here)

And whilst you are there, whatever you do, don't lookup Wolf-Bagging. It's 100% NSFW
Kinnell, what a sick world.
   

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Re: What does it stand for?
« Reply #14 on: 24 January 2020, 21:00:40 »
I feel very old. :o
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