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The definition,written out.

Woke got turned into an insult. So we took the word back and gave it something you can actually do.

Every entry below is a thing a real person did. Never a virtue, always a behavior, and small enough that somebody could do it before lunch. That is the whole definition. One goes up every day, here and on the feed.

  1. 01

    awkn means learning the name of the guy who cleans your building

  2. 02

    awkn means holding the door for the guy who is still ten steps away

  3. 03

    awkn means learning how they actually pronounce it

  4. 04

    awkn means saying the new person's name in the meeting

  5. 05

    awkn means letting the merge happen without making them wait

  6. 06

    awkn means carrying the stroller up the stairs before being asked

  7. 07

    awkn means returning the cart in the rain

  8. 08

    awkn means leaving the bigger half

  9. 09

    awkn means answering the question they were embarrassed to ask

  10. 10

    awkn means tipping in cash on a slow night

  11. 11

    awkn means sitting with the person eating alone

  12. 12

    awkn means picking up the glass on the playground

  13. 13

    awkn means keeping the elevator open when you are already late

  14. 14

    awkn means reading the whole thing before replying

  15. 15

    awkn means going back for the receipt they dropped

  16. 16

    awkn means remembering which one is decaf

  17. 17

    awkn means waiting until she found her keys

  18. 18

    awkn means shoveling the second driveway

  19. 19

    awkn means texting back the friend you have been avoiding

  20. 20

    awkn means letting them finish the sentence

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awkn means the thing you did last Tuesday

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