Citations:wokeling

English citations of wokeling

Noun: "(chiefly derogatory) a proponent of social-justice causes or beliefs"

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• 2019, Ed Morrow, "The Past Is Imperfect", The American Spectator, 25 April 2019:

  Another [Kate] Smith standard became a fixture at Yankee Stadium till just a few days ago — “God Bless America.” If the wokelings among us have their way, it will be banished forever from the ears of Yankee fans and, indeed, from any other public performance. Smith, they say, was a racist.

• 2019, Tim Blair, "Live by the Woke, Die by the Woke", The Daily Telegraph (Australia), 23 September 2019:

  Trudeau rose to power through a combination of good looks, his family background and by being the wokest little wokeling in all Woketown.

• 2020, P. J. Vanston, Somewhere in Europe, unnumbered page:

  Then, after the self-flagellation of the Gen Z Student Union wokeling snowflakes, the academics from the Sir Arthur Evans Archaeology Department stepped forward and, with a low grovelling bow of apology, handed over several wooden and and cardboard boxes to the South Sea Islanders, as well as some larger, longer items wrapped in sacking.

• 2020, Jim Goad, "The Genocide Bowl", Taki's Magazine, 27 January 2020:

  The event—the quintessential yearly national American communal ritual—pits the Kansas City Chiefs against the San Francisco 49ers, and the “wokelings” won’t seem to rest until they make white people (instead of Injuns) feel ashamed about their past.

• 2020, Sarah Vine, "I've learned the things that matter don't have a price tag", Daily Mail, 16 June 2020:

  But the fact that the publishing industry, arguably the last bastion of free speech, has also been infiltrated by these blinkered little wokelings sends a shiver down the spine.

• 2021, Pastor de Lasala, letter to the editor, The Weekend Australian, 5 March 2021:

  If Dr Seuss were alive, he would have found great sport in the woke brigade (“Dr Seuss pulls six books over racist imagery”, 4/3). One can imagine a brilliant menagerie of “wokelings” pouring from his pen.

• 2021, Twitter user, quoted in Alex Davies, "GB News: Kirsty Gallacher confirmed as new breakfast presenter on Andrew Neil channel", Daily Express (UK), 30 March 2021:

  While a sixth said: “Top signing. The ever more dynamic line up for @GBNEWS making the other channels look increasingly like the bunch of one-dimensional, agenda-driven, wokelings that they've allowed themselves to become. Can't wait for the launch!”

• 2021, Taj Hargey, "As a Muslim, I'm horrified the BBC gave a platform to an apologist for the Taliban, writes DR TAJ HARGEY, Imam of the Oxford Islamic Congregation", Daily Mail, 23 August 2021:

  I listened to that inarticulate tripe, wishing that the BBC still employed rigorous journalists instead of 'wokelings' who are afraid to question anything for fear of seeming sexist or racist.

• 2021, Dara MacDonald, "Beware The 'Karen' Bill", Penthouse (Australia), Spring 2021 (September-November):

  Whether you’re a wokeling or a culture warrior, a fetish enthusiast or a social conservative, you should be concerned