soyjak

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/ˈsɔɪ.dʒæk//ˈsɔɪ.(j)æk//-(j)ɑːk/

noun

A "soy boy" Wojak, often depicted with an excited expression ("soy face"), glasses, and sparse facial hair.

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Meanings

nounsoyjak (plural soyjaks)

plural soyjaks

  1. InternetA "soy boy" Wojak, often depicted with an excited expression ("soy face"), glasses, and sparse facial hair.
  2. InternetderogatorySynonym of soy boy (“an effeminate or unmasculine man”).

    Synonyms: soy boy

verbsoyjak (third-person singular simple present soyjaks, present participle soyjaking or soyjakking, simple past and past participle soyjaked or soyjakked)

present singular third person soyjaks · participle present soyjaking · participle present soyjakking · participle past soyjaked · past soyjaked · participle past soyjakked · past soyjakked

  1. InternetderogatoryintransitivesometimesTo gape like a soyjak; to be excited or surprised; to soyface, especially when expressing excitement towards a product or media.

    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
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    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
  2. InternetTo make soyjaks.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of soy boy (“an effeminate or unmasculine man”).

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Origin

  1. Chinese醬油 /酱油o
  2. Japanese醤油
  3. Japaneseそや
  4. Dutchsoja
  5. Englishsoy
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bʰā-
  7. Proto-Germanic*bō-
  8. Proto-West Germanic*bōjō
  9. Old English*bōia
  10. Middle Englishboye
  11. Englishboy
  12. Englishsoy boy
  13. Proto-Indo-European*weyh₁-
  14. Proto-Balto-Slavic*wájas
  15. Proto-Slavic*vojь
  16. Proto-Slavic*vojakъ
  17. Polishwojak
  18. EnglishWojak
  19. Englishsoyjak

From the Internet meme soyjak, a cartoon drawing of a bald man with an excited expression. Blend of soy boy + wojak.

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Cite this entry
APA

soyjak. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soyjak

MLA

“soyjak.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soyjak. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “soyjak,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soyjak.

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