soyjak face
- noun
- Slang
:
cara de soyjak
- The cartoon featured a character with a prominent soyjak face reacting to the news.
Examples
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Several online communities parody trends using images of the soyjak face.
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She used a soyjak face meme in response to the announcement.
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Look at that soyjak face in the meme!
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She posted a funny soyjak face on her profile.
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The meme showed a character with a soyjak face, expressing exaggerated excitement about the new game release.
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He shared a soyjak face to mock the overly enthusiastic comments in the forum.
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In the comic strip, the hero made a soyjak face as he reacted to the ridiculous situation.
How Exaggerated
Surface Forms
Morphology
soyjak + face
Although 'face' is a transparent, literal noun, 'soyjak' is an internet‑culture label with no general lexical meaning and is not compositionally analyzable. The meme‑specific sense (a particular exaggerated cartoon expression) is culturally specific and cannot be inferred from the parts, so a B1 learner would not reliably derive the meaning.
Etymology
Soyjak face comes from mixing soy (a joking word for someone who is overly excited) and Wojak (an older simple cartoon face). The drawing shows an open mouth and wide eyes, so people use it in memes to show or mock 'excitement' or 'mock enthusiasm'.