shruggie
English
Etymology
shrug + -ie
Noun
shruggie (plural shruggies)
- (Internet slang) An emoticon denoting a shrug; particularly ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯.
- 2014 May 21, Robinson Meyer, “The Best Way to Type ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯”, in The Atlantic:
- As Kyle Chayka writes in a new history of the symbol at The Awl, the meaning of the “the shruggie” is always two, if not three- or four-, fold. ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯ represents nihilism, “bemused resignation,” and “a Zen-like tool to accept the chaos of universe.” It is Sisyphus in unicode.
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See also
- 🤷 (shrug emoji)