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(dialect, African-American Vernacular or slang) Awake: conscious and not asleep.

(originally African-American Vernacular, slang) Alert, aware of what is going on, or well-informed, especially in racial and other social justice issues.

(by extension, politics, slang, often derogatory) Holding progressive views or attitudes, principally with regard to social justice. +

(by extension, politics, slang, derogatory) Promoting cancel culture, identitarianism, pontification, victim mentality, or virtue signalling.

(slang, often derogatory) A person with progressive views or attitudes.

(slang, derogatory) A progressive ideology, in particular with regards to social justice.