Meanings
present singular third person soyjaks · participle present soyjaking · participle present soyjakking · participle past soyjaked · past soyjaked · participle past soyjakked · past soyjakked
- 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, Twitter2 more examples
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, TwitterMy 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 - InternetTo make soyjaks.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of soy boy (“an effeminate or unmasculine man”).
Origin
- Chinese醬油 /酱油o
- Japanese醤油
- Japaneseそや
- Dutchsoja
- Englishsoy
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰā-
- Proto-Germanic*bō-
- Proto-West Germanic*bōjō
- Old English*bōia
- Middle Englishboye
- Englishboy
- Englishsoy boy
- Proto-Indo-European*weyh₁-
- Proto-Balto-Slavic*wájas
- Proto-Slavic*vojь
- Proto-Slavic*vojakъ
- Polishwojak
- EnglishWojak
- Englishsoyjak
From the Internet meme soyjak, a cartoon drawing of a bald man with an excited expression. Blend of soy boy + wojak.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
soyjak. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soyjak
“soyjak.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soyjak. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “soyjak,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soyjak.
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