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The Origins of Wokeness
IME (Australia), the U was "upwardly-mobile" which I always took to mean someone ambitious, who dressed "for the job they want, rather than the job they have".
defrost
5 months ago
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Also in Australia, by my recollection,
Yuppie
was a slur from the outset, there was no initial neutral period:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFOfd1QTW54
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