noun
Meaning 1
Alternative letter-case form of Wojak.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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Standard Lemma guide
wojak
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈwoʊ.d͡ʒæk/
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/ˈvoʊ.jæk/
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/-jɑːk/
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/ˈvɔɪ.(j)æk/
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/-(j)ɑːk/
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rhymes with -əʊdʒæk
noun
Meaning 2
A melancholic character representing the powerless everyday man; or, any derived art or character in the crude line-art Wojak style.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree 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 From the Internet meme Wojak, a cartoon drawing of a bald man with a wistful or melancholic expression. The original image was posted on vichan, a Polish imageboard, in 2009, and was later reposted to the German imageboard krautchan in 2010 by a Polish user called "wojak"; the username is from Polish wojak (“soldier; fighter”).