shruggie

English

Etymology

shrug +‎ -ie

Noun

shruggie (plural shruggies)

1. (Internet slang) An emoticon denoting a shrug; particularly ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
   • 2014 May 21, Robinson Meyer, “The Best Way to Type ¯\_(ツ)_/¯”, in The Atlantic‎^[1]:

     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.