What is a “Wook”?

Elise Olmstead
5 min readJul 6, 2020

The term “wook” by nature is so immersed in context that if you’ve it heard in conversation, you’re likely to already be part of the culture of which it originates. Otherwise we can only imagine your curiosity was piqued by a couple of dreadlocked shlubs in front of you at the gas station buying American Spirits while you innocently were trying to buy some coffee and get to you know, your fucking job. This strange bearded man dressed in an assault of psychedelic sublimation dye asks his buddy to grab him a pack, too, and his friend replies with chagrin “Get your own, you fuckin’ wook.”

You then find yourself wondering, am I really missing out this much by not watching The Mandalorian? First baby yoda captivates hearts then millennials start calling each other wookies… 2020 you are weird!

Joking aside, we promise to answer the question at hand. What is a wook, in a context other than a furry race of courageous creatures in the Star Wars series? A wook is a hippie, most often a music and festival fan, that at its basic form owns nothing and borrows…

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Elise Olmstead

Founder of The Jamwich magazine, community leader in the jam band/festival scene, breast cancer survivor, passionate writer and purveyor of personal growth.