Etymology 1670s; borrowed from Dutch soja, from the Satsuma pronunciation of Japanese 醤油 (soi), variant of the standard Japanese 醤油 (shōyu). Doublet of shoyu, orthographic borrowing from Middle Chinese 醬油 (tsjàng-yuw), from 醬 (tsjangᴴ, “bean paste”) + 油 (“oil”).
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Usually A common East Asian liquid sauce, made by subjecting boiled beans to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water.
I like a little soy with my rice.
Pour in four tablespoonfuls of sherry and four tablespoonfuls of soy, as much vinegar as the jar will hold, and cover closely until wanted.1902, Annie R. Gregory, Woman's Favorite Cookbook, page 381:
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Often, Usually Soybeans, or the protein derived from them.
Etymology 1670s; borrowed from Dutch soja, from the Satsuma pronunciation of Japanese 醤油 (soi), variant of the standard Japanese 醤油 (shōyu). Doublet of shoyu, orthographic borrowing from Middle Chinese 醬油 (tsjàng-yuw), from 醬 (tsjangᴴ, “bean paste”) + 油 (“oil”).
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Internet, Derogatory Characteristic of a soy boy; weak, unmasculine, etc.
This whole drama is the soyest thing I've ever seen.
His voice sounded kinda soy-ish but damn he has a god-like jawline.2021 February 5, u/GameBoy09, “Daily Dose does a face reveal on Dr. K”, in Reddit, r/LivestreamFail, archived from the original on 20 Sep 2023:
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Happy Monday to everyone except those who support vax mandates, aka soy people.2021 August 16, @HodlingCarla, Twitter, archived from the original on 20 Sep 2023:
I read this while drinking a Soylent protein shake for breakfast and I couldn't help but think to myself, mid sip, that this tweet really is the absolute soyest thing I have ever seen or consumed in any form in my entire life.2022 April 14, @EverydayWarren, Twitter, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2024:
It's always hard to tell if it's the reality or if you're just misremembering, but yeah to me it feels like the quality has gone down since the red-pill arc for sure. Both in terms of the quality of some of the comments and the number of reactionary style right-leaning/centristy comments/posts. Plus people are generally more concerned with not appearing soy than anything else.2023 January 28, u/TabNone, “Is anybody else both happy for Destiny's rising success, but also sad about what it's doing to the quality of the DGG community?”, in Reddit, r/Destiny, archived from the original on 20 Sep 2023:
Even Reddit, the most soy place on the internet, is giving up on female Space Marines ever happening.2023 February 7, @HMBohemond, Twitter, archived from the original on 20 Sep 2023:
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Etymology 1670s; borrowed from Dutch soja, from the Satsuma pronunciation of Japanese 醤油 (soi), variant of the standard Japanese 醤油 (shōyu). Doublet of shoyu, orthographic borrowing from Middle Chinese 醬油 (tsjàng-yuw), from 醬 (tsjangᴴ, “bean paste”) + 油 (“oil”).
Soying over a video game.2021 May 24, u/Cro_Core, “I'm so fucking disappointed”, in Reddit, r/DotA2, archived from the original on 21 Sep 2023:
Oh I know the geeks are soying about their made up little war2022 September 21, @NeoWokio, Twitter, archived from the original on 21 Sep 2023:
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I'm soying so badly frfr2022 November 5, @doejens, Twitter, archived from the original on 21 Sep 2023:
This guy makes surface level, boring videos for baby leftists to soy over. ¶ Zero depth2023 July 2, @Kulesh0vEffect, Twitter, archived from the original on 21 Sep 2023:
I make women cum by soying over this tedious cringey wine-mom humor movie2023 July 26, u/notsofucked7, “No wonder conservatives hate it lol , it's coo bro, your girl already in my dms.”, in Reddit, r/VaushV, archived from the original on 21 Sep 2023:
soy
noun
Etymology Borrowed from French soie (“silk”), soye, from Middle French soye, from Old French soie, earlier seie, from Latin sēta, saeta, from Proto-Italic *saitā, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ito-, *sh₂éyto-, from *sh₂ey-, *seh₂i- (“to bind”). Doublet of seta.
GILDEROY was a bonnie boy, / Had roſes tull his ſhoone, / His ſtockings were of ſilken ſoy, / Wi' garters hanging doune: […]1765, Thomas Percy, compiler, “Gilderoy”, in Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: […], volume I, London: […] J[ames] Dodsley […], →OCLC, book III, page 300:
Our tents are spread with gossamer thread, / More delicate far than silken soy.1840, Walter Prideaux, Poems of Chivalry, Faery, and the Olden Time, London: Smith, Elder & Co., page 126:
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Now two and two the host comes by; / And first the pikemen, stout and slow; / Next, under pennons flaunting high, / Barons in cloaks of silken soy / And caps of velvet go.1850 April, “The Cymbalier's Bride”, in Sartain's Union Magazine of Literature and Art, volume VI, number 4, Philadelphia, P.A.: John Sartain & Co., →OCLC, page 267, column 2: