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amanaplanacanalyesterday at 5:33 PM2 repliesview on HN

Similar to the way people use "woke".


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fc417fc802yesterday at 9:27 PM

Quite similar. I guess serving largely the same purpose that "alt-right" used to.

However it's important to note that "woke" at least has legitimate (if politically contentious) meaning outside of its broad misuse as a sort of slur. The other two terms don't have that AFAIK.

The case of "maga" specifically strikes me as a spiteful attempt to misappropriate the descriptor (vaguely similar to winnie the pooh) whereas the rise of the other two seems organic.

throw10920yesterday at 5:50 PM

Yup, exactly.