There is a saying being bandied about lately, namely, stay woke . I will explain the meaning of this for the benefit of those who are too square or just too old to understand such modern vernacular. When kids these days say, "Stay woke," what they really mean is "Stay awake." I know...it's crazy. Now they don't mean that you should literally stay awake, of course. What they really mean is that you should stay abreast of the social, political, and economic issues that are facing our world today. Instead of saying "Stay woke," you could say "Be socially aware," but that would make too much sense and would never catch on. As with many misuses of the English language, stay woke has caught on not despite that fact that it is grammatically incorrect, but because it features grammar that is not simply bad, but distinctively bad. It's so bad that it has caught on. If you're the adventurous type, you can go over to the Urban...