Shrug
A shrug is a
shoulders. In certain countries, it is a representation of an individual either being indifferent about something or not knowing an answer to a question.[1]
Shrugging
The shoulder-raising action may be accompanied by rotating the palms upwards, pulling closed lips downwards, raising the eyebrows or tilting the head to one side.
Gallic shrug
The Gallic shrug, "generally a nuanced gesture with myriad meanings",[5] is performed by sticking out your lower lip, raising your eyebrows and shoulders simultaneously,[6][7][8][9][10] and voicing a nonchalant bof.[11]
Emoji
The shrug gesture is a Unicode emoji included as U+1F937 🤷 SHRUG.[12] The shrug emoticon, better known as the shruggie, made from Unicode characters, is also typed as ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, where "ツ" is the character tsu from Japanese katakana.[13]
See also
- Indifference (emotion)
- Meh
References
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