To hate the term 'woke'

[crunchymint]

Seriously annoying. Am I the only one who hates it?

My jeans are woke ad is brilliant!

Virtue signalling is my no. 1 most hated phrase of all time .

I like the idea of using it to mean virtue signalling PITA
Yes!!
Or to steal an idea from someone on another thread, the type of person who will tell you buying a nestle chocolate bar is the most unethical choice, will destroy humanity and cause the planet to die... whilst happily smoking a spliff.

Had to look bae up - is 'best at everything'?

I find IKR - I know, right - Annoying too.

I like the idea of using it to mean virtue signalling PITA.

Yep. Or to use just one word, simply "indoctrinated".

I quite like it, but I would never use it to describe myself or anyone else as I'd sound ridiculous. I find language and how it evolves quite fascinating, so I like seeing how other people use new terms. My favourite recent examples of woke:

Love the advert.

I feel,old!

I'm officially old, never even heard of this one.

Every weird phrase and word that is being mentioned on here is everything people under 25 use. Lit, woke, shook, bae, legit.

I never hear anyone 25-30+ say it. If I did, I would think they were an utter twat.

Bae means Before Anyone Else ie your number one.
I find all these new phrases an amusing way to annoy my teenage son, I love his eye rolls

"On fleek" is the one I can't abide.

It's official - I am old and I only associate with old people!

It just makes me think of the Nuwaubian Nation - that's at least the first context in which I ever heard it of. Doesn't exactly tempt me to like it...

Would someone please explain 'shook'? I only know it in the old gimmer, 'All Shook Up' sense.

I've never seen it in that context. Maybe you need new friends?

ThroughThickAndThin01

It's millenial slang for "enlightened".

I hate it too, although the use of the word in the modern context coming out of someones mouth (or more likely social media feed) is a very good barometer for just how much of a self-absorbed, puffed up prick someone is, so quite handy really for avoidance purposes!

'Dead' for 'seriously' or 'very' has been around for ages (certainly since my long-ago youth though I'm not as old as my username might suggest), just not in that sentence position.

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/itsahappymedium.com/blog/social-media-marketing/lit-fam-internet-slang-dictionary/amp/
This will help old people Im early 40s like me!

I've a new one I dislike too. When (online) people post a picture and say "a mood". I don't know why but it makes me feel itchy.

And bae is used interchangeably with people's names so they'll say things like "I'll just ring bae and see where he is". Irritating

Where have I been? I haven't heard of any of these new words.

A lot of the words mentioned on this thread are the words of the youth of today. Maybe try and accept that. Language moves on

Mumsnet really struggles with this. Not sure why.

I disagree, I can't imagine the true pearl clutchers would have even heard the word.
MissBax has it. I'm a pearl clutcher and I have never heard it used in this sense.

@arborea

SHOOK;

It means someone or something has left you hot and bothered or it has made you shake in either excitement, fear, or anger.

They are mostly self explanatory...

Legit literally means legitimate, stay woke means 'stay awake and alert'

LIT means intoxicated and excited -like LIT up.

Hey, check me down with the kids haha.!

I did not know BAE means 'before anyone else' though... I thought it was just a kind of slang way of saying 'babe..' (Thanks @howsannie25 )