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Wojak.

A melancholic character representing the powerless everyday man; or, any derived art or character in the crude line-art Wojak style.

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noun/ˈwoʊ.d͡ʒæk//ˈvoʊ.jæk//-jɑːk//ˈvɔɪ.(j)æk/
  1. A melancholic character representing the powerless everyday man; or, any derived art or character in the crude line-art Wojak style.

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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”).

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