Shrug

A shrug is a gesture performed by raising both shoulders, and is a representation of an individual either being indifferent about something or not knowing an answer to a question.[1] A shrug is an emblem, meaning that it integrates the vocabulary of only certain cultures and may be used in place of words.[2] It can also be used when simply ignoring a question. It may be accentuated with raised eyebrows, a turned-down mouth, an exaggerated frown, a tilted head, and raised palms. It is very common in Western culture—rather than saying "I don't know", one may simply perform a shrug.[3] In the English-speaking world it may be accompanied by a three-syllable grunt or hummed mumble mimicking the intonation of "I don't know".

For other uses, see Shrug (disambiguation).
A man wearing a tiara, a tie, and a pair of glasses with a beverage "shrugs" at the camera.

Emoji

The shrug gesture is a Unicode emoji included as U+1F937 🤷 SHRUG.[4] The shrug emoticon, made from Unicode characters, is also typed as ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, where "ツ" is the character tsu from Japanese katakana. [5]

See also

References
  1. "Shrug | Define Shrug at Dictionary.com". Dictionary.reference.com. Retrieved 2011-12-20.
  2. Ekman, Paul (2009). Telling Lies. W. W. Norton. p. 101. ISBN 9780393081749.
  3. "Shrug Emoji".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "Shrug Emoji". Emojipedia. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
  5. "Shrug Emoticon". Textpopo. Retrieved 2021-06-19.


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