2021年5月24日 星期一

woke, woke mob, "woke" advertising. "we need to stay angry, and stay woke", bones, wonk, made no bones about, be as dry as a bone. talkathon


This month’s gas shortage should be a wake up call to the Left woke mob: the Green New Deal would be disastrous for our country.



Nike and Gillette have been criticised for using "woke" advertising. But associating their brands with liberal causes can bring financial benefits https://econ.st/3bbLyin



The Economist stopped at a remote country store in Tennesse, where some voters say they're for the Donald. For them, Trump was what he was, and made no bones about it
The view of the American election from a general store in Tennessee
ECONOMIST.COM


"Tarzan’s a dude who lives in a treehouse and talks to apes. He lives in Africa and has no black friends... To borrow a term I use very, very rarely, Tarzan is not 'woke.' He’s easily the least woke fictional character other than C. Thomas Howell in the movie Soul Man. I don’t care if you put the entire cast of Empire in Tarzan. I’m not interested."

Edgar Rice Burroughs’ character has inspired more than 50 films, but their out-of-date approach to the ‘dark continent’ leaves them fatally flawed
THEGUARDIAN.COM|由 DAVE SCHILLING 上傳


“You have to strip yourself of all your disguises, some of which you didn’t know you had. You want to write a sentence as clean as a bone. That is the goal.” —James Baldwin


Make no bones about it, a new synthetic implant material rapidly induces bone regeneration and growth in patients, and shows great potential for treating young children with bone defects. http://bit.ly/2duaB2h
Ramille Shah’s 3-D printable ink produces a synthetic bone filler that induces bone regeneration and grows with the patient.
MCCORMICK.NORTHWESTERN.EDU


British Museum  Make no bones about it, today’s ‪#‎MysteryObject‬ is intriguing… Any ideas what it is?
The apartment has great bones, a great location and so much natural light you will have to wear sunglasses--once all the clutter is carted away.


 

 

The Wonk With the Ear of Chinese President Xi Jinping14

 

 

 

 

 Rotherham, a co-founder and partner at the nonprofit Bellwether Education, writes the blog Eduwonk. The views expressed are solely his own.


Deming, a process wonk, made no bones about telling his faithful (in his low, droning, authoritative voice) that they had to follow his methods to the letter or they'd surely screw it up. Miss a step, and you're no longer doing TQM-and by the way, why isn't your boss here because he needs to believe, too?

You don’t have to be a policy wonk to marvel at the political skill L.B.J. wielded to resuscitate a bill that seemed doomed to never get a vote on the floor of either chamber.






Woke - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Woke


Woke resurfaced in 2014, during the Black Lives Matter movement, as a label for vigilance and activism concerning racial inequalities and other social disparities such as discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community, women, immigrants and ...
Woke (disambiguation) · ‎Stay Woke: The Black Lives... · ‎Social justice warrior



MALCOLM: Now the woke mob is going after Queen Victoria ...
https://torontosun.com › columnists


2 日前 — MALCOLM: Now the woke mob is going after Queen Victoria ... If the Woke left has its way, it will continue on its destructive trajectory of erasing our history, tearing down our institutions and cancelling anything or anyone that ...


woke
/wəʊk/
verb
  1. 1.
    past of wake1.
adjective
INFORMALUS
  1. 1.
    alert to injustice in society, especially racism.

    "we need to stay angry, and stay woke"

Being Woke means being aware.. Knowing whats going on in the community

(Relating to Racism and Social Injustice)
Person 1: Stop bringing racism into everything
Person 2 : Your clearly not woke

Definition of wonk
noun

  • 1 North American informal, derogatory a studious or hard-working person:any kid with an interest in science was a wonk
  • a person who takes an excessive interest in minor details of political policy:he is a policy wonk in tune with a younger generation of voters
  • 2 Nautical slang an incompetent or inexperienced sailor, especially a naval cadet.
Derivatives
wonkish
adjective

Origin:

1920s: of unknown origin


wonk
n. Slang
  1. A student who studies excessively; a grind.
  2. One who studies an issue or a topic thoroughly or excessively: "leading a talkathon of policy wonks in a methodical effort to build consensus for his programs" (Michael Kranish).
[Origin unknown.]




make no bones about

Have no hesitation in stating or dealing with (something), however unpleasant or awkward it is:he makes no bones about his feelings towards the militants
made no bones about
Act or speak frankly about something, without hesitation or evasion. For example, Tom made no bones about wanting to be promoted, or Make no bones about it--she's very talented. Versions of this expression date back to the mid-1400s and the precise allusion is no longer known. Some believe it meant a boneless stew or soup that one could eat without hesitation; others relate it to dice, originally made from bones, that were thrown without hesitation or fuss.


  

talkathon =talk+MARATHON



be as dry as a bone

to be extremely dry don't think he's been watering these plants - the soil's as dry as a bone.

bone

noun

  • 1any of the pieces of hard, whitish tissue making up the skeleton in humans and other vertebrates:his injuries included many broken bones a shoulder bone





    The substance of bones is formed by specialized cells (osteoblasts) that secrete around themselves a material containing calcium salts (which provide hardness and strength in compression) and collagen fibers (which provide tensile strength). Many bones have a central cavity containing marrow
  • (bones) a person’s body:he hauled his tired bones upright
  • (bones) a corpse or skeleton:the diggers turned up the bones of a fifteen-year-old girl bones of prehistoric mammals
  • a bone of an animal with meat on it, used as food for people or dogs:stewed in stock made with a ham bone dogs yelping over a bone
  • 2the calcified material of which bones consist:an earring of bone
  • a substance similar to bone such as ivory, dentin, or whalebone.
  • (often bones) a thing made of, or once made of, such a substance, for example a pair of dice.
  • the whitish color of bone:the sandals she had dyed bone to match the small purse
  • 3 (bones) the basic or essential framework of something:you need to put some flesh on the bones of your idea
4 vulgar slang a penis.

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