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[[File:Shrug.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=A young man wearing a loosened paisley tie and holding a plastic party cup shrugging at the camera.|A [[man]] wearing a [[tiara]], a [[Necktie|tie]], and a pair of [[glasses]] with a [[beverage]] "shrugs" at the [[camera]].]]
[[File:Shrug.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=A young man wearing a loosened paisley tie and holding a plastic party cup shrugging at the camera.|A [[man]] wearing a [[tiara]], a [[Necktie|tie]], and a pair of [[glasses]] with a [[beverage]] "shrugs" at the [[camera]].]]
[[File:Shrug recreated.png|thumb|Shrug Guy re-creates his 2006 shrug photo at [[Depths of Wikipedia]]'s [[Boston]] show in 2022]]
A '''shrug''' is a [[gesture]] performed by raising both shoulders, and is a representation of an individual either [[apathy|being indifferent about something]] or not knowing an answer to a question.<ref name="dictionary.reference.com">{{cite web|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/shrug |title=Shrug &#124; Define Shrug at Dictionary.com |publisher=Dictionary.reference.com |access-date=2011-12-20}}</ref> A shrug is an [[Emblem#Emblems_in_speech|emblem]], meaning that it integrates the vocabulary of only certain cultures and may be used in place of words.<ref>{{cite book |author-link=Paul Ekman|last1=Ekman |first1=Paul |title=Telling Lies |date=2009 |isbn=9780393081749|page=101|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Telling_Lies_Clues_to_Deceit_in_the_Mark/AWc-AAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=shrug|publisher=[[W. W. Norton]]}}</ref> It can also be used when simply ignoring a question. It may be accentuated with raised eyebrows, a turned-down mouth, an exaggerated frown, a tilted head, and raised palms. It is very common in [[Western culture]]—rather than saying "I don't know", one may simply perform a shrug.<ref name="15 Shrug Emoji face">{{cite web|title=Shrug Emoji|url=https://getkaomoji.com/shrug-kaomoji-emojis/|url-status=live}}</ref> In the English-speaking world it may be accompanied by a two to three-syllable grunt or hummed mumble mimicking the intonation of the phrase "I don't know".{{cn|date=April 2014}}
A '''shrug''' is a [[gesture]] performed by raising both shoulders, and is a representation of an individual either [[apathy|being indifferent about something]] or not knowing an answer to a question.<ref name="dictionary.reference.com">{{cite web|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/shrug |title=Shrug &#124; Define Shrug at Dictionary.com |publisher=Dictionary.reference.com |access-date=2011-12-20}}</ref> A shrug is an [[Emblem#Emblems_in_speech|emblem]], meaning that it integrates the vocabulary of only certain cultures and may be used in place of words.<ref>{{cite book |author-link=Paul Ekman|last1=Ekman |first1=Paul |title=Telling Lies |date=2009 |isbn=9780393081749|page=101|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Telling_Lies_Clues_to_Deceit_in_the_Mark/AWc-AAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=shrug|publisher=[[W. W. Norton]]}}</ref> It can also be used when simply ignoring a question. It may be accentuated with raised eyebrows, a turned-down mouth, an exaggerated frown, a tilted head, and raised palms. It is very common in [[Western culture]]—rather than saying "I don't know", one may simply perform a shrug.<ref name="15 Shrug Emoji face">{{cite web|title=Shrug Emoji|url=https://getkaomoji.com/shrug-kaomoji-emojis/|url-status=live}}</ref> In the English-speaking world it may be accompanied by a two to three-syllable grunt or hummed mumble mimicking the intonation of the phrase "I don't know".{{cn|date=April 2014}}


Revision as of 17:59, 10 December 2022

For other uses, see Shrug (disambiguation).
A young man wearing a loosened paisley tie and holding a plastic party cup shrugging at the camera.
A man wearing a tiara, a tie, and a pair of glasses with a beverage "shrugs" at the camera.
Shrug Guy re-creates his 2006 shrug photo at Depths of Wikipedia's Boston show in 2022

A shrug is a gesture performed by raising both shoulders, and is a representation of an individual either being indifferent about something or not knowing an answer to a question.[1] A shrug is an emblem, meaning that it integrates the vocabulary of only certain cultures and may be used in place of words.[2] It can also be used when simply ignoring a question. It may be accentuated with raised eyebrows, a turned-down mouth, an exaggerated frown, a tilted head, and raised palms. It is very common in Western culture—rather than saying "I don't know", one may simply perform a shrug.[3] In the English-speaking world it may be accompanied by a two to three-syllable grunt or hummed mumble mimicking the intonation of the phrase "I don't know".[citation needed]

Emoji

The shrug gesture is a Unicode emoji included as U+1F937 🤷 SHRUG.[4] The shrug emoticon, made from Unicode characters, is also typed as ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, where "ツ" is the character tsu from Japanese katakana. [5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Shrug | Define Shrug at Dictionary.com". Dictionary.reference.com. Retrieved 2011-12-20.
  2. ^ Ekman, Paul (2009). Telling Lies. W. W. Norton. p. 101. ISBN 9780393081749.
  3. ^ "Shrug Emoji".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Shrug Emoji". Emojipedia. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
  5. ^ "Shrug Emoticon". Textpopo. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
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