User:Linshee/Words to add/Wojak

English

Alternative forms

• wojak

Etymology

From the Internet meme Wojak, a cartoon drawing of a bald man with a wistful or melancholy 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”).

Noun

Wojak (plural Wojaks)

1. (Internet slang) An image based upon the original Wojak; a crudely-drawn person often with a melancholy expression.