Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

get woke, go broke

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.12 in modern English

Syllables: get -woke, -go broke
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

Businesses that focus on social activism to align themselves with social justice are liable to lose customers.

Informal

Example Sentences

"According to Ringo, the convention then pushed its conservative members out of its planning committee, attendance dropped over years, and it’s now defunct. “Get woke, go broke,” he says of any organization who bows to SJW pressure."
"Get woke, go broke isn’t just about money, it’s about credibility and truth. These people have been broken by their own pride, their sense of entitlement, and their own disdain of anyone who does not agree with them."
"This led to the biting critical slogan “Get woke, go broke” to characterise the commercial failure of “woke” (“politically enlightened”) policies in an open marketplace."

Etymology

Attributed to American author John Ringo.

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

go woke, go broke (alternative)

Antonyms

go fash, lose cash

Questions

What does get woke, go broke mean?: Businesses that focus on social activism to align themselves with social justice are liable to lose customers.
Where does get woke, go broke come from?: Attributed to American author John Ringo.

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