Etymology tree
Chinese 醬油 /酱油obor.
Japanese 醤油
Japanese そやbor.
Dutch sojabor.
English soy
Proto-Indo-European *bʰā-
Proto-Germanic *bō-
Proto-West Germanic *bōjō
Old English *bōia
Middle English boye
English boy
English soy boy
Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Balto-Slavic *wájas
Proto-Slavic *vojь
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂kos
Proto-Balto-Slavic *-āˀkas
Proto-Slavic *-akъ
Proto-Slavic *vojakъ
Polish wojakbor.
English Wojak
blend
English soyjak
From the Internet meme soyjak, a cartoon drawing of a bald man with an excited expression. Blend of soy boy + wojak.
Meanings
(Internet) A "soy boy" Wojak, often depicted with an excited expression ("soy face"), glasses, and sparse facial hair.
(Internet, derogatory) Synonym of soy boy (“an effeminate or unmasculine man”).
Etymology tree
Chinese 醬油 /酱油obor.
Japanese 醤油
Japanese そやbor.
Dutch sojabor.
English soy
Proto-Indo-European *bʰā-
Proto-Germanic *bō-
Proto-West Germanic *bōjō
Old English *bōia
Middle English boye
English boy
English soy boy
Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Balto-Slavic *wájas
Proto-Slavic *vojь
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂kos
Proto-Balto-Slavic *-āˀkas
Proto-Slavic *-akъ
Proto-Slavic *vojakъ
Polish wojakbor.
English Wojak
blend
English soyjak
From the Internet meme soyjak, a cartoon drawing of a bald man with an excited expression. Blend of soy boy + wojak.
Meanings
(Internet, derogatory, intransitive, sometimes) To gape like a soyjak; to be excited or surprised; to soyface, especially when expressing excitement towards a product or media.
Conservatives are outraged by this, but if the police came to his place for tearing down missing Israeli posters, they would be soyjaking. A good reminder that speech restrictions primarily hurt the Right 2023 November 1, @ScottMGreer, Twitter:
My phone made one of those random compilation videos and I literally soyjaked at this one bit because I genuinely don’t remember ever looking this beautiful 2024 May 20, @Trey_Explainer, Twitter:
finally found my screenshot of this. i did the closest thing i've ever done to soyjaking when she said this line 2023 July 27, @aatracoes, Twitter: