shruggie en · NOUN
Etymology
From shrug + -ie.
Meanings
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(Internet) A kaomoji denoting a shrug; particularly ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
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. […] The shruggie will seamlessly sync and you shan’t need to stress.
2014 May 21, Robinson Meyer, “The Best Way to Type ¯\_(ツ)_/¯”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 16 Mar 2016:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| shruggies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |