soyboyish tendency
- noun
- Slur
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tendencia afeminada
- Some online forums mock anyone showing a soyboyish tendency or sensitive emotions.
Examples
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His constant need for validation shows a clear soyboyish tendency.
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Many people criticize his soyboyish tendencies online.
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Critics accused the celebrity of having a soyboyish tendency after his emotional response during the interview.
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His soyboyish tendency was apparent when he backed down from every argument.
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Critics accused the celebrity of having a soyboyish tendency after he expressed vulnerability in public.
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His soyboyish tendency became obvious when he avoided taking a stand on controversial issues.
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Some online communities ridicule men who display a soyboyish tendency, often labeling them as weak.
Synonyms
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A person, often a man, who seems weak, afraid, or easily upset
How Masculine
Surface Forms
Morphology
soyboyish + tendency
The key constituent 'soyboyish' is a recent internet-slang coinage whose derogatory meaning ('unmasculine, weak') depends on socio-cultural meme knowledge rather than the literal meanings of 'soy' or 'boy'; this cultural inference is not available to an average B1 learner. Although 'tendency' is transparent, the overall MWE requires familiarity with the slang term and its pejorative connotations, so the meaning cannot be reliably derived from the parts.
Etymology
Soyboyish tendency may come from online jokes that link soy, the plant food, with boy, meaning a man, to make a picture of a man who seems weak. That's why people use it online to describe behaviour that is called 'unmanly' or 'weak'.