shruggy
English
Etymology
shrug + -y
Adjective
shruggy (comparative more shruggy, superlative most shruggy)
- Resembling or characteristic of a shrug (gesture).
- 1980, David Edgar, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
- FANNY turns slowly to TILDA. TILDA gives a little, shruggy, affectionate gesture, as if to apologise.
- 1980, David Edgar, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
- (informal) Inclined to shrug; uncaring or apathetic.
- 2012, Lucas Klauss, Everything You Need to Survive the Apocalypse (page 41)
- I want to say, “Then why were you all shruggy and silent and abandon-your-friends-ish?” But he did endure youth group with me. So maybe they sort of even out.
- 2012, Lucas Klauss, Everything You Need to Survive the Apocalypse (page 41)
Related terms
- shruggie