soy
English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
edit1670s; borrowed from Dutch soja, from Satsuma Japanese
Noun
editsoy (usually uncountable, plural soys)
- A common East Asian liquid sauce, made by subjecting boiled beans to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water.
- Synonym: (US) soy sauce
- I like a little soy with my rice.
- 1902, Annie R. Gregory, Woman's Favorite Cookbook, page 381:
- Pour in four tablespoonfuls of sherry and four tablespoonfuls of soy, as much vinegar as the jar will hold, and cover closely until wanted.
- (uncountable, often attributive) Soybeans, or the protein derived from them.
- These candles are made from soy.
- The soy crop is looking good this year.
- This diet doesn't let me eat soy.
Alternative forms
edit- (UK) soya
Derived terms
editTranslations
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See also
edit- khao soy (etymologically unrelated)
Adjective
editsoy (comparative more soy or soyer, superlative most soy or soyest)
- (Internet slang, derogatory) Characteristic of a soy boy; weak, unmasculine, etc.
- This whole drama is the soyest thing I've ever seen.
- 2021 February 5, u/GameBoy09, “Daily Dose does a face reveal on Dr. K”, in Reddit[1], r/LivestreamFail, archived from the original on 20 September 2023:
- His voice sounded kinda soy-ish but damn he has a god-like jawline.
- 2021 August 16, @HodlingCarla, Twitter[2], archived from the original on 20 September 2023:
- Happy Monday to everyone except those who support vax mandates, aka soy people.
- 2022 April 14, @EverydayWarren, Twitter[3], archived from the original on 25 April 2024:
- 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.
- 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[4], r/Destiny, archived from the original on 20 September 2023:
- 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 February 7, @HMBohemond, Twitter[5], archived from the original on 20 September 2023:
- Even Reddit, the most soy place on the internet, is giving up on female Space Marines ever happening.
- 2023 June 6, u/potatoloafer, “New Noah Samson redpill shorts content features Destiny briefly and actually misses the point entirely”, in Reddit[6], r/Destiny, archived from the original on 25 April 2024:
- Noah Samson is just Hasan but even soyer (idk how that's even possible)
- 2023 July 5, @blvckledge, Twitter[7], archived from the original on 20 September 2023:
- threads soy asf ngl
- 2023 July 7, u/rpthrowah, “1/4 of the posts here are 18-25 year olds with hot takes about life experiences they've never had”, in Reddit[8], r/redscarepod, archived from the original on 25 April 2024:
- "I want a bad bitch bpd art hoe to RUIN MY LIFE" typed by the soyest man alive
- 2024 April 22, @bharattaxoffice, Twitter[9], archived from the original on 25 April 2024:
- Seething about beer and football is objectively far soyer than enjoying yourself like a normal person. If they stop following their team they're not going to automatically manifest as the Anglo Atatürk, they're just going to waste their time some other way
Verb
editsoy (third-person singular simple present soys, present participle soying, simple past and past participle soyed)
- (intransitive, Internet slang, derogatory, uncommon) Synonym of soy out (“to act in the manner of a soy boy”).
- 2021 May 24, u/Cro_Core, “I'm so fucking disappointed”, in Reddit[10], r/DotA2, archived from the original on 21 September 2023:
- Soying over a video game.
- 2022 September 21, @NeoWokio, Twitter[11], archived from the original on 21 September 2023:
- Oh I know the geeks are soying about their made up little war
- 2022 November 5, @doejens, Twitter[12], archived from the original on 21 September 2023:
- I'm soying so badly frfr
- 2023 July 2, @Kulesh0vEffect, Twitter[13], archived from the original on 21 September 2023:
- This guy makes surface level, boring videos for baby leftists to soy over. ¶ Zero depth
- 2023 July 26, u/notsofucked7, “No wonder conservatives hate it lol , it's coo bro, your girl already in my dms.”, in Reddit[14], r/VaushV, archived from the original on 21 September 2023:
- I make women cum by soying over this tedious cringey wine-mom humor movie
Etymology 2
editBorrowed 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.
Noun
editsoy (uncountable)
- (Scotland, archaic) Silk.
- 1765, Thomas Percy, compiler, “Gilderoy”, in Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: […], volume I, London: […] J[ames] Dodsley […], →OCLC, book III, page 300:
- GILDEROY was a bonnie boy, / Had roſes tull his ſhoone, / His ſtockings were of ſilken ſoy, / Wi' garters hanging doune: […]
- 1840, Walter Prideaux, Poems of Chivalry, Faery, and the Olden Time, London: Smith, Elder And Co., page 126:
- Our tents are spread with gossamer thread, / More delicate far than silken soy.
- 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:
- 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.
Usage notes
edit- Typically used in the phrase "silken soy".[1]
References
edit- ^ “soy, n.2”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Anagrams
editAzerbaijani
editEtymology
editFrom Common Turkic *sōy. Cognate with Uyghur سوي (soy).
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editsoy (definite accusative soyu, plural soylar)
- stock (lineage, family, ancestry)
- extraction (origin or ancestry)
- Synonym: əsl
- family
- Synonym: ailə
- generation
- Synonym: nəsil
Declension
editDeclension of soy | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | soy |
soylar | ||||||
definite accusative | soyu |
soyları | ||||||
dative | soya |
soylara | ||||||
locative | soyda |
soylarda | ||||||
ablative | soydan |
soylardan | ||||||
definite genitive | soyun |
soyların |
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- →? Khalaj: soy
Further reading
edit- “soy” in Obastan.com.
Middle French
editPronoun
editsoy
Descendants
edit- French: soi
Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Spanish so, from Latin sum (“I am”). For the addition of /-j/, compare doy, voy, estoy.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editsoy
- first-person singular present indicative of ser
- Yo no soy marinero, soy capitán.
- I am not a sailor, I am a captain.
Tocharian B
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *suHyús. Cognate with Tocharian A se, Old Armenian ուստր (ustr) and Ancient Greek
Noun
editsoy m
Related terms
editSee also
editTurkish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Ottoman Turkish صوی (soy), from Common Turkic *soy, compare Old Turkic [script needed] (soy).
Noun
editsoy (definite accusative soyu, plural soylar)
Declension
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Dative | soya | soylara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | soyda | soylarda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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editsoy
References
edit- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “soy”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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