Wokescold

noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who criticizes or shames others for being insufficiently woke, or not supporting social justice causes. derogatory, informal, neologism

    "Wokescolds are the new representatives of moral panic."

Verb
  1. 1
    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. derogatory, informal, neologism

    "He then proceeded to wokescold the woman for not changing her pfp like everyone else had recently done."

Synonyms

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awflscoldsocial justice warriorwokelingwokesterwoketard

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"Wokescolds are the new representatives of moral panic."

Etymology

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

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